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Statue of Barbara Rose Johns, Virginia civil rights activist, replaces Robert E. Lee statue in the U.S. Capitol

The Barbara Rose Johns statue replaces Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol, honoring her role in ending school segregation and ...

A statue of a civil rights activist who spent much of her life in Philly now stands in the U.S. Capitol

Barbara Rose Johns led a high school walkout that contributed to Brown v. Board of Education. She later graduated from Drexel ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch

Statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Johns stands for Virginia at U.S. Capitol

More than 200 members of Barbara Johns' family attended the unveiling of Virginia's statue in her honor which replaces a ...
The Root on MSN

The Black Teen Civil Rights Trailblazer Whose Statue Just Took Over a D.C. Confederate General’s

Five years after a statue of a Confederate general was removed from the Capitol, a statue of one lesser known civil rights ...
Smithsonian Magazine

She Protested School Segregation as a Teenager. Now She’s Being Honored With a Statue at the U.S. Capitol

Lawmakers gathered in the Capitol for the unveiling of a bronze statue honoring teenage civil rights activist Barbara Rose ...
Asianet Newsable on MSN

Ram Vanji Sutar, sculptor of Statue of Unity, passes away at 100

Renowned sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, the artist behind the Statue of Unity, passed away at 100. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath expressed their condolences, hailing his monumental ...

US Capitol unveils Barbara Rose Johns statue, replacing Robert E Lee

An statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a Black teenage girl who protested segregation, has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, four ...