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Thousands sign petition to replace Confederate monument with Chadwick Boseman statue

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The actor died on Friday (August 28) after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43 years old.Residents of Anderson, South Carolina – the Black Panther star’s hometown – have now called for a statue of him to be erected in the city.

A Change.org petition was started under the name Anderson Citizen said it was “important that we honour a true local legend by immortalising him in stone in front of the courthouse”.Currently, a Confederate monument is located there, but the petition argues it “has no right to be displayed there”.“[Boseman] opened many doors for many young black people with his leading roles in movies such as Black Panther or Marshall,” it read. “It is only natural that his hometown honours what he did.”The organisers.

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