It’s not easy to choose among statues

The year before he was elected president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in Columbus, Ohio, in which he complained that the local newspaper had falsely reported he was in favor of allowing black people to have the right to vote.
Lincoln told the crowd that he, “as much as any other man,” was in favor of whites having the “superior” position in society. “I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political eq