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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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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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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 ...