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Many historic statues of white men were toppled in the wake of the George Floyd disturbances... An act I think was wrong.

One of the destroyed statues was of Publisher Harvey Scott.. a racist product of his time.

A few months later, a guerilla artist placed a beautiful bust on the plinth atop Mt. Tabor. It was a beautiful painted plaster sculpture of York, a slave that traveled with the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. Most of the community immediately fell in love with the beautiful portrail of who may have been the first African to visit the west coast.

Some, however, were angry at the replacement of a white pioneer with a black explorer. The plinth was defaced with spray paint. One night, vandals destroyed the sculpture completely. The pedestal now stands empty as public art stewards debate the appropriate action.



https://www.opb.org/article/2021/07/28/portland-york-art-mt-tabor-racism/