As Confederate monuments come down, statues of Louisiana’s E.D. White may be on the move – By Bryn Stole (NOLA) / Aug 22 2020
In the 85 years since the big bronze statue of former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Douglass White went up in front of the Louisiana Supreme Court building in New Orleans, it has traipsed twice across town, following the court from the French Quarter to Duncan Plaza and back.
White’s statue — along with a second larger-than-life sculpture of the long-dead jurist in the U.S. Capitol — may soon be on the move again.
A month ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to give the boot to statues honoring a number of prominent Confederates and proponents of slavery that dot the Capitol. The group includes household names like Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, along with more obscure figures like White.
If the proposal ever becomes law, White would be sent packing thanks to a provision banishing anyone who’d served in the Confederacy. Twelve men honored with Capitol statues meet that requirement, though unlike White, most rose to fame — or infamy — primarily because of their leading roles in the rebellion.
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