Moving General Schuyler
The national debate over how to commemorate the nation’s past came to Albany this spring when Mayor Kathy Sheehan announced her intention to move the statue of Philip Schuyler—Revolutionary War general and owner of enslaved persons—from in front of City Hall. This episode of The Eagle features a portion of a livestreamed discussion on the fate of the statue, featuring Sheehan, UAlbany Africana Studies professor Oscar Williams, social justice advocate Alice Green, author Harold Holzer and Schuyler descendant Avery Schuyler-Dey. Also on this episode, education reporter Rachel Silberstein speaks to two Shenendehowa graduates who are calling on district officials to end what they say are inequities for students of color and LGBTQ youth.
