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In this week’s episode of the Italian American Podcast, we’re picking up with Part Two of our “Conversations on Columbus” series exploring the life and legacy of Christopher Columbus and we’re starting right from the beginning! As we set out to find truth in the current debates around the famed Genovese navigator, we’re seeking to understand just w...

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Some members of Chicago’s Italian-American community say it’s time to return the Christopher Columbus statues that were removed. They held a news conference in Grant Park on Sunday with a message for Mayor Lori Lightfoot. “Put the statues back, because it’s history. It’s part of Chicago,” said Frank Coconate of the group Hands Off Christopher Colum...

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"Il Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero esprime la propria profonda solidarietà e il totale sostegno a tutte le rappresentanze elette e alle associazioni delle comunità italiane e italo-discendenti negli Stati Uniti, colpite dagli atti di sfregio delle statue di Cristoforo Colombo, monumenti simbolo del contributo della nostra emigrazione...

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After a tedious back and forth with the NYC Parks Department and NYPD officials, an unnamed spokesperson at One Police Plaza has confirmed that a "fixed post" remains outside of the D'Auria-Murphy Triangle, 24 hours a day, seven days a week-- protecting a statue of Christopher Columbus. The two-man unit has been observed on nearly a dozen occasions...

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An attorney praised a judge for putting the brakes on the Philadelphia Art Commission's plan to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus from Marconi Plaza, where heated demonstrations have taken place in favor of and against the monument in the wake of George Floyd's death. Attorney George Bochetto represents a group of South Philadelphia residents...

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They were one of the first American fraternal societies not to prohibit black membership in their constitution. During World War I, with the slogan “Everybody Welcome, Everything Free” atop their doors, they managed the only racially integrated facilities available to American troops, three decades before the U.S. military integrated its ranks. And...

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A Minnesota prosecutor charged an Indigenous activist with a felony on Friday in the toppling of a Christopher Columbus statue on state Capitol grounds during a rally weeks after the death of George Floyd. Mike Forcia, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is charged with criminal damage to property. Forcia, also a Twin Cities A...

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After a monthslong battle, the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia will be moved to storage. The Art Commission has made its decision to move the statue, but some residents plan to fight that decision in court. “They can’t do that,” South Philly resident Maureen Fratantoni said. After dozens of hours of community testimony and the His...

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As the discourse about the removal of monuments valourising white supremacist or colonial figures continues to evolve amid Black Lives Matter protests, US memorials to Christopher Columbus are at the centre of a curious debate between those who advocate for their destruction or removal and those calling for the monuments to be preserved. Among the...

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Attorney George Bochetto filed a motion in the Court of Common Pleas on August 10 in Philadelphia for an injunction to stop the city from removing the statue of Columbus at Marconi Plaza. The cause is to prevent Mayor Kenney from taking down the statue before all parties have a chance to voice their opinions and make their respective cases. "The Ci...

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