The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved a bill that requires the dismantling of twelve statues of Southern Confederate supporters in the Capitol, as well as monuments to those who advocated slavery. This is reported by the Axios news portal.
The bill was supported by 285 congressmen, 120 were against. According to the document, the bust of Judge Roger Tainey, who passed the so-called Dred Scott ruling, which prohibited blacks from obtaining US citizenship, regardless of their status, should be replaced by a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the first black judge of the US Supreme Court.
“The passage of the bill will demonstrate that, as Americans, we do not honor those who seek to divide us”, – said Congressman James Cliburn.
Now the document will be sent to the US Senate: 60 votes will be required for its adoption. Recall that in July last year, the lower house of the US Congress already voted to dismantle the statues of the Confederates amid aggravated racial divisions due to the death of George Floyd, but the draft law was never considered in the Senate.