Christopher Columbus

Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy

An Italian-American group that has called for the city of Chicago to reinstall three Christopher Columbus statues taken down last summer says the city broke a long-standing deal when it removed the statues following peaceful and violent protests. Ron Onesti, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, says the group recently found a 1973 agreement with the Chicago…

An Italian American group has accused the city of Chicago of breaking a longstanding deal when it took down Christopher Columbus statues this past summer. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Officials are analyzing over 500 sculptures across Chicago and determining what should be done with some controversial statues. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports

Baltimore’s mayor has vetoed a bill that would have rededicated a Christopher Columbus monument to victims of police violence.

An Illinois lawmaker on Monday renewed her push to change the Columbus Day state holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Members of Chicago’s Italian American community have planned a rally for Columbus Day at Arrigo Park in Little Italy, a celebration they say is more important than ever this year. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

Columbus Day is expected to be much different this year in Chicago – with the presence of a nationwide movement to replace the federally-recognized holiday altogether and the absence of the city’s annual parade. Still, members of Chicago’s Italian American community have planned a rally at Arrigo Park in Little Italy, a celebration they say is more important than...

On Friday, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans hand delivered a letter to Chicago’s mayor, asking her to return the statues to their “rightful locations.” The letter cites Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s statement regarding the fate of the statues over the summer, calling the removal of the statues “temporary.” “We understood the mayor’s stance when she took those down...

A Christopher Columbus statue on Chicago’s South Side that was left standing after two other Columbus statues were removed last week may yet be taken down, a City Council member says.

Italian Americans held a rally Sunday in Little Italy to express their anger after a statue of Christopher Columbus was removed from the neighborhood. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

From a rally in support of police officers to a Black Lives Matter protests, several demonstrations and similar large events took place Saturday in Chicago. Several CTA bus and train lines were rerouted as a result of protests in the afternoon and evening. One of the earlier events, the “Back the Blue” rally at Grant Park, aimed to show police…

Video shows the moments two Christopher Columbus statues in Chicago were taken down. One was in the city’s Grant Park and a second in the Little Italy neighborhood.

Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues were taken down early Friday morning, nearly one week after protests erupted in the city. Lauren Petty reports.

The protest at Grant Park’s Christopher Columbus Statue on Friday — and the police response to it — appear, days later, more complex than was originally thought. One activist is telling her side of the story after she said she left the protest without her front teeth. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

As calls continue nationwide for monuments depicting controversial figures, slave owners and members of the Confederacy to be taken down, in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has given a brief glimpse into the city’s plans for such structures. At a news conference Monday, the mayor said that later in the week she’ll announce a process in which the city will...

Chicago police released new video Monday showing protests and violence that erupted in Grant Park Friday night.

A statue of Christopher Columbus that had stood for more than 30 years in his namesake Wisconsin city is coming down. The Columbus City Council voted Tuesday to put the statue in storage until another use for it is found. The fiberglass statue stands at the intersection of Highways 16-60 and 151 in Columbus, a city of 5,000 about 30…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that while he’s not in favor of the removal of statues of Christopher Columbus, he’s open to discussions that arise about people’s place in history.