We need to tear down the racist history of the USA bit by bit, not forget it but not allow it to be worshipped or slipped into everyday life like it didn’t matter! One more statue is being removed to help in that fight!

Late Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney declared that slaves and dependents of slaves were not U.S. citizens and had no rights in court! A bust of him has been outside of a Maryland City Hall for around 90 years now but officials have announced it’s going to be removed.

The bust will not be destroyed however, just relocated from Frederick’s City Hall to a nearby cemetery.

Time reported:

The chief justice’s landmark 1857 ruling against Dred Scott, a slave who tried suing for his freedom, became a catalyst for the Civil War before it was later overturned.

Lynne Jackson — Scott’s great-great granddaughter, who earlier this month received a public apology from Taney’s descendants — said she had hoped the statue would remain in front of City Hall to serve as a learning opportunity for those who are not familiar with the monumental Supreme Court case.

“I just feel that it’s unfortunate and a missed opportunity,” she told TIME on Thursday. “It would have been a reconciliation and a healing place. Unfortunately, that won’t happen now there.”

Taney’s bust was first erected in front of the city’s courthouse, which later turned into its City Hall as early as the 1930s, a city spokeswoman said. Pending approval from the city’s Historic Preservation Commission, it will be restored before being permanently placed at Mount Olivet Cemetery.

“That’s where the learning will have to happen,” Jackson said.

Do you think it should be destroyed, left in place for learning or what?