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Statue Of Doctor Who Experimented On Slaves Is Defaced, Spray-Painted With 'Racist'

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Published Aug 27, 2017

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The statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims, which sits at the Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street entrance to Central Park

 

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