Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated Yes

Last Checked Aug. 17, 2021

Created

Fri Jun 26 13:26:07 +0000 2020

Likes

977

Retweets

326

Source

Twitter for iPhone

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Pulitzer-winning biographer of Frederick Douglass @davidwblight argues against taking down the Freedmen's Memorial in DC, which was built with the money of former slaves and commemorated by Douglass. https://t.co/jwWGXMdWKm — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 26, 2020 Hibernated

Preceded By

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

But in Virginia, such issues remain fraught. Northam couldn't find a state-based crane company willing to take down the Lee statue. At one firm, the younger generation was willing but the older generation threatened to disown them if they proceeded. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 26, 2020 Hibernated

Followed By

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Protesters argue that the image of a paternalistic Lincoln over a kneeling freed slave undermines the role blacks played in winning freedom. “It was a symbol of white supremacy then and it’s a symbol of white supremacy now. And it needs to go.” https://t.co/3a6IGmz92J — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 26, 2020 Hibernated