‘Pull together back and forth’: Professor explains how to topple ‘racist monuments’

By Spencer Neale

Published June 1, 2020 3:16pm ET

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‘Pull together back and forth’: Professor explains how to topple ‘racist monuments’ — Protester Andie Baker, of Richmond, holds a US flag in front of the graffiti-covered statue of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart after two previous nights of unrest due to the death of George Lloyd Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Gov. Ralph Northam issued a curfew for this evening. | (Steve Helber/AP)

Amid protests across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death, a University of Alabama at Birmingham professor provided a step-by-step guide along with a figure drawing explaining how protesters can “topple” Confederate monuments.

Sarah Parcak, a well-known archaeologist who received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2020, shared on Sunday “handy” information about how to destroy public property she considered “racist.”

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