College Students Want Thomas Jefferson Statue Removed From Campus: ‘White Supremacist Icon’

The statue of Thomas Jefferson, former president and Founding Father, on the campus of Hofstra University in New York state. Removal of the Thomas Jefferson Sculpture at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York/Change.org

Students at a New York college said that a statue of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson should be removed from campus.

Hofstra University students participated on March 29 in an event dubbed “Jefferson Has Gotta Go!”