City to remove namesake's statue

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson, named for former President Andrew Jackson, will remove a downtown statue of him and put it in a less prominent spot. The City Council voted 5-1 on July 7 to relocate the bronze figure that has stood outside City Hall for decades. (Source: Associated Press 07/08/20) Jackson has a population of about 160,600 - about 82 percent of its residents are African-American. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president, serving from 1829-37. In addition to owning enslaved people, he also oversaw the forced migration of Native Americans. https://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=82190