Hofstra University student activists want to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson because they claim he is an "icon" for the KKK and white supremacists. (Courtesy of Ja'Loni Owens) ...

(HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.) — Some students at New York’s Hofstra University want a Thomas Jefferson statue removed because Jefferson was a slave owner who believed black people were inherently inferior ...

The campus was the site of a heated debate where over 100 students attended a rally calling for the removal of a Thomas Jefferson statue that stands in a campus courtyard.

The statue of Thomas Jefferson that will be removed from the chambers of the New York City Council at the urging of Black lawmakers was a gift in 1834 from one of the first Jewish officers in the ...

Students at UVA have reportedly said that the Jefferson statue is a “symbol of white supremacy. ” Prior student protests of Jefferson even prompted a response from a Professor Emeritus in 2016.

A statue of Thomas Jefferson in City Council chambers within City Hall may soon need to find a new home. According to a statement from the Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus, there is ...