Columbus Day protests

Name: Columbus Day protests
Uploaded: 2017-10-09T17:30:00-04:00
Description: Honoring Christopher Columbus with the big parade in New York is generating more controversy. Some demonstrators outside the Museum of Natural History are circulating a petition to have Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples' Day. The Christopher Columbus statue has also been a target for critics who want it taken down.

Honoring Christopher Columbus with the big parade in New York is generating more controversy. Some demonstrators outside the Museum of Natural History are circulating a petition to have Columbus Day renamed Indigenous Peoples' Day. The Christopher Columbus statue has also been a target for critics who want it taken down.

Posted October 9, 2017 5:30pm EDT