Hopkins reacts after Baltimore removes its Confederate statues
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Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on Baltimore’s removal of Confederate statues and reactions from Hopkins students, faculty and administrators.
- The paper reported that Mayor Catherine Pugh ordered the four statues removed after a unanimous City Council resolution, citing concerns about potential violence.
- The article says the removed monuments included statues of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson near the Homewood Campus, as well as two others elsewhere in Baltimore.
- The reporter writes that BSU President Kwame Alston called the removal a symbolic victory but said Baltimore still needed to address white supremacy in its laws, policing, infrastructure and housing.
- The article adds that University President Ronald J. Daniels commended Pugh and the City Council, saying the statues had been rallying points for white supremacist racism and violence.
- According to the article, SGA Executive Vice President AJ Tsang supported removing the monuments and said Hopkins should prevent white supremacist demonstrations on campus.