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What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its history − an art historian explains
The striking Emancipation Memorial statue in Washington, D.C., shows Abraham Lincoln standing, while a man wearing only a loincloth is appearing to rise from a kneeling position. The face in the ...
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A statue, a street sign, the name of a park. What do they say about who we are and what’s worth remembering?
Included among the pieces are a Stephen Foster monument from Pittsburgh, who has been called the father of American music; a statue titled “Emancipation Group,” funded by former enslaved Black ...
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Emancipation and The Statue of Liberty
We were all taught in school that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the U.S. to celebrate American independence ...
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UW students petition to remove Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill
As the 16th president of the United States, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves legally free within the Confederacy in 1863. For years, the statue on Bascom has been ...