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The Make It Right Project and Redux Hold Performance at John C. Calhoun Monument to Call for Racist Statue’s Removal

May 14, 2019

The Standing/Still Series Uses Arts Activism Toward Social Justice

The Make It Right Project, in partnership with Redux Contemporary Art Center, will hold a performance event at the John C. Calhoun monument in Marion Square. This is the second event in the Standing/Still performance series, which uses arts activism to call for the removal of the racist Calhoun marker and all symbols of white supremacy. Featured performers include musician/activist Benjamin Starr; actor/singer Nakeisha Daniel; historian Damon Fordham; and performer Javaron Conyers.

WHAT:           Standing/Still performance series event presented by the Make It Right Project and Redux Contemporary Art Center

WHEN:          Thursday, May 16, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE:        The John C. Calhoun monument in Marion Square, Calhoun St., Charleston, SC 29401

WHO:             Musician/activist Benjamin Starr; actor/singer Nakeisha Daniel; historian Damon Fordham; performer Javaron Conyers

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The Make It Right Project is dedicated to working with multiple groups—activists, artists, historians and media outlets—to take down Confederate monuments and tell the truth about history.

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