'Powerful reminder of racism.' Student movement works to relocate KY Confederate statue.
DANVILLE -- For many Centre College students and faculty, the stone likeness of a Confederate officer has stood far too close for far too long.
On a large grassy lawn on the grounds of the Presbyterian Church of Danville stands a nearly 18-foot-tall memorial dedicated “to the Confederate dead” of Boyle County and topped by a statue of Confederate Capt. Robert Logan.
Atop the statue, Logan looks across West Main Street, gazing on a Centre dorm.
“This statue overlooks the students of Centre College in their dormitories, in their campus center and it’s a very powerful reminder of racism and slavery for the people of color who are on this campus every single day,” said Emmy Greene, a sophomore at the college.
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