Pittsburgh Is Ready To Replace A Statue Many Have Called Racist With A Statue Of A Black Woman

The status to be moved is of songwriter Stephen Foster – and, in words written at the time the status was created in 1900, “an old darkey reclining at his feet strumming negro airs upon an old banjo.” Pittsburgh residents now get to vote about, or at least give an opinion on, which of seven candidates should get a statue in its place.