• The statue is of Founding Father John Witherspoon, who also served as the sixth president of the school.
• “We believe that paying such honor to someone who participated actively in the enslavement of human beings, and used his scholarly gifts to defend the practice, is today a distraction from the University’s mission,” students wrote in a petition.
• The statue could be replaced with a plaque that also includes negative information about Witherspoon.

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