Chicago Pastor Bishop James Dukes calls for the renaming of Washington and Jackson Parks in the city.
Dukes wants the parks renamed after historic black figures.
Trump nailed it.
The Republican president told reporters on Tuesday that Democrats would next call for Washington and Jefferson memorials to be taken down.
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CBS Local reported:
A Chicago pastor has asked the Emanuel administration to remove the names of two presidents who owned slaves from parks on the South Side, saying the city should not honor slave owners in black communities.
A bronze statue of George Washington on horseback stands at the corner of 51st and King Drive, at the northwest entrance to Washington Park.
Bishop James Dukes, pastor of Liberation Christian Center, said he wants the statue gone, and he wants George Washington’s name removed from the park.
