House votes to remove statues of white supremacists from US Capitol

Two statues depicting former the US vice-president and staunch defender of slavery John Calhoun, left, and the former North Carolina governor Charles Brantley Aycock inside the US Capitol. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Two statues depicting former the US vice-president and staunch defender of slavery John Calhoun, left, and the former North Carolina governor Charles Brantley Aycock inside the US Capitol. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/30/house-remove-statues-white-supremacists-us-capitol-confederates