Roosevelt Statue Controversy, Explained: Why a New York Museum Removed a Monument to a Former U.S. President

On Sunday, New York’s American Natural History Museum revealed news that activists had been waiting years to hear: a monument to Theodore Roosevelt, a former United States President who espoused racist and colonialist views and who promoted eugenics as a theory, would at last come down. That statue may be one of many in the U.S. that has been set to be taken away amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, but it is one of the most notable—and controversial—ones slated for remova