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A 65-year-old statue that contains the kneeling figure of an American Indian is drawing criticism from some area residents. Opponents of the statue presented petitions with what they said were 500 ...
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 ...
A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave ... others perceived him as kneeling before Lincoln, his white emancipator. Freed Black donors paid for the original in Washington; white politician ...
Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed Black American kneeling ... home to the statue’s white creator, Thomas ...
The statue depicts Lincoln holding his hand over a kneeling Black man — a figure modeled on Archer Alexander, the last man captured under the Fugitive Slave Act. "We're pleased to have taken it ...
A number of statues were 'stolen' overnight from outside a church in Salford. A huge Jesus on the crucifix, a kneeling angel and kneeling figure of St Bernadette were thought to have been swiped ...
After months of public discussion, Boston officials have removed a controversial statue of President Abraham Lincoln with a formerly enslaved man kneeling at his feet. “We’re pleased to have ...
A statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln was taken down in Boston, CBS Boston reported Tuesday The Emancipation Group Memorial was removed after critics ...
A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave ... others perceived him as kneeling before Lincoln, his White emancipator. Freed Black donors paid for the original in Washington; White politician ...