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Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies Web Archive

Collected by: The Board Trustees of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Archived since: Apr, 2021

Description:

The Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies collection contains captured webpages that lend insight to the ongoing tensions over statues in light of the fight for racial justice and the reconsideration of who and what is memorialized. This collection focuses on statues and memorials of Abraham Lincoln located in public spaces and institutions throughout the United States, including parks, intersections, and colleges and universities. Web content contains material both in support of and against the removal of Lincoln statues, memorials, and monuments, including news articles, social media posts, legislative documents, letters of support, and petitions. Also includes web content on Lincoln statue vandalism and activism. Several captures surround the Emancipation Memorial statue found in Boston, Massachusetts (removed December 2020), and Washington, D.C. Webpages were curated by the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections in accordance with their mission of documenting Abraham Lincoln's life and legacy.

Subject:   Universities & Libraries,  Society & Culture

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Language:   English

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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Title: An Opportunity for Change: Discussing Monuments in Boston (& Beyond)

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JklqUxYDbRz8sJXuAMRfyw7sgq4dhfpVuaOHfN9cIoE/edit

Description: A report produced for a Boston University PHd Summer Internship. The report aims to provide a summary of the debate on monuments in the United States and begin dialogue on how to address controversial objects in Boston's commemorative landscape.

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Group:   Boston, Massachusetts

Creator:   Ewa Matyczyk

Language:   English

Coverage:   Boston (Mass.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   August 16, 2018

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Preserve the Emancipation Statue in Boston

URL: https://www.change.org/p/boston-art-commission-preserve-the-emancipation-statue-in-boston/

Description: A petition to the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, the Boston Art Commission, the Massachusetts Governor, the President of the United States, and others, to preserve an Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston, Massachusetts. It has 952 signatures.

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Group:   Boston, Massachusetts ,  Emancipation Memorial

Creator:   Jess K

Publisher:   Change.org

Language:   English

Coverage:   Boston (Mass.)

Type:   Web archives

Date:   2020

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Boston Removes Statue of Formerly Enslaved Man Kneeling Before Lincoln

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/us/boston-abraham-lincoln-statue.html

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Group:   Boston, Massachusetts

Creator:   Marie Fazio

Publisher:   The New York Times

Language:   English

Coverage:   Boston (Mass.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   February 28, 2021

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Controversial Lincoln statue is removed in Boston, but remains in D.C.

URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/29/lincoln-statue-removed-boston-dc/

Description: An article describing the removal of an Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Group:   Boston, Massachusetts ,  Emancipation Memorial

Creator:   Gillian Brockell

Publisher:   The Washington Post

Language:   English

Coverage:   Boston (Mass.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives,  Online news

Date:   December 29, 2020

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Boston Artist Doesn't See Freedom In Lincoln Statue Featuring Enslaved Man, Calls For Removal

URL: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/29/boston-lincoln-statue-enslaved-man/

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Group:   Boston, Massachusetts

Creator:   Robin Young

Publisher:   WBUR

Language:   English

Coverage:   Boston (Mass.)

Format:   WARC

Type:   Web archives

Date:   June 29, 2020

Collector:   Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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