Stark County roundup: News from around the Canton region
The Canton Repository has compiled a roundup of community news.
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The Canton Repository has compiled a roundup of community news.
In a protest against “old racism” the majority of people of Stroud, England say they want the Blackboy statue removed, but the building it adorns is a private organization.
The potential removal of the 'racist' 250-year-old Blackboy clock statue in Stroud, Gloucestershire, comes after campaigners argued it was 'traumatic for people of colour'.
The sculpture (pictured) is located on the side of a Grade II listed building named Blackboy House in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and strikes a bell on the hour.
The sculpture of the black child with red lips is attached to a Grade-II listed building in Stroud, but could soon be taken down after a local panel was tasked with deciding its fate.