From the EVG inbox: A reader shares that someone tagged the statue of Samuel S. Cox at the Seventh Street and Avenue A entrance to Tompkins Square Park.
Cox (1824–1889) was a longtime member of Congress who "spearheaded legislation that led to paid benefits and a 40-hour workweek for postal employees."
However, according to the History News Network: "Cox fancied himself a champion of the United States Constitution but somehow his interpretation of the Constitution always seemed to deny rights to Blacks. On June 2, 1862, a year after the Civil War had begun but six months before the Emancipation Proclamation, Cox argued in Congress that the United States was made for white men only."
4 comments:
I remember the tag from some years ago, possible my favorite tag ever. It just said: WHO?
Mr Cox was polka dotted one summer. He never looked better.
Crime and all that comes with it is returning to the East Village. Blasio needs to resign.
Yeah. I was playing chess thereothere FrodaysFriday afternoon and saw the other sides are tagged. I'll tweet you a pic. One side says "143" and the other side says "black power."
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