ONE OF THE most iconic statues in San Jose and the racial justice movement was defaced over the weekend.
The “Victory Salute” statue at San Jose State University — which depicts alumni and African American Olympic athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos — was found defaced on Saturday, university officials said in a campus-wide email. The statue, which has already been cleaned, is located at the school’s Tower Lawn.
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