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The ongoing fight to replace racist monuments in the US: ‘requires a lot of perseverance’

Since a reckoning brought awareness to problematic statues across the country, the road to replacing them has been slow and arduous

The Guardian - US

Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020

The Independent UK

Statue of John Lewis to be erected where confederate obelisk once stood

The 16-ft-tall statue will be erected in the congressional district that Lewis represented for 17 terms

The Independent UK

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John Lewis statue to be placed where Confederate monument once stood

ATLANTA — It was a brief encounter, but as with nearly everyone who ever met the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the meeting was impactful.

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Fantastic Black artists, climate crisis in sound, and a Windrush victory – the week in art

Myths and Afrofuturism combine, installations go Back to Earth, Documenta embraces the collective, and a long-awaited public sculpture is unveiled – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Windrush generation ‘moved to tears’ as monument unveiled in London

Basil Watson’s sculpture at Waterloo station celebrates pioneers who arrived in Britain after second world war

The Guardian - UK

Queen sends message as Kate and Will open National Windrush Monument at Waterloo

The monument was unveiled before members of the Windrush generation and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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Queen hails Windrush pioneers ahead of monument unveiling

The monarch issued the written message on Windrush Day.

The Independent UK

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend unveiling of national Windrush monument

The statue will be revealed at London Waterloo station to mark Windrush Day 2022.

The Independent UK

Wills and Kate unveil monument to Windrush generation

The artworks will be unveiled on Windrush Day, which honours the British Caribbean community, and the half a million people who travelled to the UK

Evening Standard

Windrush monument met with mixed reaction amid ongoing calls for compensation

Exclusive: ‘Windrush Day will continue to be bittersweet as the scandal is still present and the needs of the survivors have not been met’

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