Crime & Justice

Charleston’s Finally Ready to Tear Down Its Jim Crow Era Slavery Shrine. Will South Carolina’s GOP Let It?

‘GOATS, BOYS, AND NIGHT PROWLERS’

John C. Calhoun's original statue was 45 feet off the ground. The current one is 115 feet up. His image was on that pedestal to keep it out of the reach of black folks.

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