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Catholic archdiocese defends statue of King Louis IX, the namesake of St. Louis, who persecuted Jews
A day earlier, hundreds gathered by the statue in a park for protests defending and opposing it. (JTA) — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis issued an emphatic defense of that city’s ...
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Should St. Louis take down the statue of its anti-Semitic namesake? Activists say yes.
(JTA) — On top of a hill in front of an art museum in the biggest park in St. Louis stands a statue of an anti-Semite. The monument to the city’s namesake, the medieval French king Louis IX ...
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Detroit selects local artist to design new statue of Joe Louis
DETROIT – A group of judges have selected a Detroit artist to sculpt a new statue of sports icon Joe Louis. Austen Brantley is a self-taught sculptor from Detroit. His most recent work was a ...