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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -聽 The 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund's Lecia Brooks released the statement below after the removal of the Adm. Raphael Semmes statue, which was vandalized during protests in Mobile this week. The Semmes statue has stood in downtown Mobile for 120 years and the event follows similar actions by local government officials in Birmingham and Montgomery from earlier this week.

鈥淔or more than a century, Confederate monuments have been used to glorify those who fought to keep Black people enslaved. Symbols such as this monument聽 are a reminder of our country鈥檚 ongoing dehumanization of Black people and systemic racism 鈥� the results of which have been playing out through protests across the U.S. over the last two weeks.

鈥淲hile it鈥檚 unclear if the removal is permanent, it鈥檚 encouraging that this symbol of revisionist history is gone from public land, and we urge public officials to put it away for good.

鈥淯nrepentant symbols of oppression such as this monument continue to be displayed throughout Alabama鈥檚 government buildings, schools and parks, and are currently protected by the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act that protects symbols commemorating white supremacy and the brutal subjugation of Black communities. It goes against American ideals and should be repealed.鈥�

The 蜜桃传媒 Action Fund聽 does not support erasing history, nor the defacing and/or destruction of any historic artifact. Learn about Confederate symbols on public land in the 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 鈥淲hose Heritage?鈥� report.