Amid the recent marches in all 50 states and several other countries against racial injustices, we’ve seen the crumbling of some of the building blocks of white supremacy. Literally.
As people in Bristol, England, joined global rallies against racial injustices, some protesters on Sunday (June 7) toppled a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston and tossed it into the city’s harbor. A British Baptist leader who lives in Bristol told Word&Way the
Charlottesville’s Confederate monuments have played many roles in recent years: a legal and cultural battle, a rallying spot, a place to confront America’s slave-owning past. Now, they’re fodder for a Bible study.