Statue of Edward W. Carmack

Statue of Edward W. Carmack
The statue in 2016
Artist	Nancy Cox-McCormack
Year	1927
Subject	Edward W. Carmack
Location	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

A statue of Edward W. Carmack was installed in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 1924. The statue was the work of American sculptor Nancy Cox-McCormack.^{[citation needed]} Carmack was an opponent of Ida B. Wells and encouraged retaliation for her support of the civil rights movement.^[1]

History

Carmack — formerly a US Senator — was shot and killed on November 9, 1908, by Duncan Brown Cooper and their son, Robin Cooper. Both were tried & convicted of murder, then pardoned by Governor Ham Patterson; in 1909, the Tennessee legislature provided for the creation of a memorial sculpture of him by Nancy Cox-McCormack, to be placed on the grounds of the Capitol. It was erected in 1927.^[2]

The monument was toppled by demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in 2020.^[3]

See also

• List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

References

1. Tamburin, Adam, Allison, Natalie. Protests in downtown Nashville: Arrests made for those out after curfew. The Tennessean. May 30, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
2. "Who Was Edward Carmack, and Why Is There a Statue of Him at the State Capitol?". tnmuseum.org. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
3. "Nashville protesters set fires, topple controversial statue". Associated Press News. May 30, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.