Monuments and statues are falling. But what comes next?
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In this Nov. 24, 2019 photo, a sculpture of former slave and later abolitionist, writer Olaudah Equiano by London based artist Christy Symington, sits on display at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England, Britain. Activists and towns in the U.S. are left wondering what to do with empty spaces that once honored historic figures tied to racism as statues and monuments fell in June 2020. The Equiano image has been suggested as a replacement. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)In this June 28, 2020, photo, an abandoned gas station in Tierra Amarilla, N.M., is shown with graffiti honoring the 1967 courthouse raid in the town by armed Mexican American land grant activists. Activists and cities are left wondering what to do with empty spaces that once honored historic figures tied to racism as statues and monuments fall. New Mexico has no formal public art honoring the Tierra Amarilla raid, which helped spark the Chicano Movement. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)In this Nov. 18, 2015 photo, a statue of former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, sits at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. Jordan is another figure who activists say needs to be honored. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)In this June 28, 2020, photo, a sign with Mexican Revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata demanding "Tierra o Muerte, Zapata Vive" Land or Death, Zapata Lives," sits at the entry of Tierra Amarilla, N.M., the site of the 1967 courthouse raid by armed Mexican American land grant activists. Activists and towns are left wondering what to do with empty spaces that once honored historic figures tied to racism as statues and monuments fall. New Mexico has no formal public art honoring the Tierra Amarilla raid, which helped spark the Chicano Movement. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)
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In this Nov. 24, 2019 photo, a sculpture of former slave and later abolitionist, writer Olaudah Equiano by London based artist Christy Symington, sits on display at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England, Britain. Activists and towns in the U.S. are left wondering what to do with empty spaces that once honored historic figures tied to racism as statues and monuments fell in June 2020. The Equiano image has been suggested as a replacement. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
