Mayor Lightfoot says Columbus statue could return to Grant Park
What stories should public monuments tell and who should they honor? Reset examines the monumental debate over statues.
By Andrea Guthmann
Mayor Lightfoot says Columbus statue could return to Grant Park
What stories should public monuments tell and who should they honor? Reset examines the monumental debate over statues.
By Andrea Guthmann
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In July 2020, protesters attempted to pull down the statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park. Mayor Lightfoot then had it quietly and quickly removed in the middle of the night. Now she says Columbus may be returning to Grant Park.
Reset confronts the problem of problematic statues.
GUEST: Rebecca Zorach, professor of Art and Art History, Northwestern University