The Jackson City Council on Tuesday voted to remove its namesake statue of Andrew Jackson from City Hall.
Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote, the sole Republican on the council, voted against the removal.
However, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said his administration for the last two weeks had also been looking into what steps it could take to remove the statue. He said he would prefer a statue of Medgar Evers to take the place of Jackson.
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