SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Board members of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol will take up a request from the Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to replace imagery of political giant Stephen Douglas and Illinois pioneer Pierre Menard because of their racist pasts.

Madigan called for replacing statues and paintings of the two in July, inspired by the racially charged killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and a nationwide movement to remove Confederate symbols.

The board, consisting of the Senate’s secretary and assistant secretary and the clerk and assistant clerk of the House on Wednesday will discuss its next step toward legislative approval.