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Barbara Rose Johns statue to go up on Capitol Hill in place of former Robert E Lee statue

A statue honoring Civil Rights activist Barbara Rose Johns will be unveiled Tuesday on Capitol Hill, taking the spot upon which a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once stood. The statue will ...
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Statue Of Barbara Rose Johns, Teen Leader Of 1951 Anti-Segregation Walkout, Unveiled At US Capitol To Replace Robert E. Lee

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new statue at the U.S. Capitol honors a teenage girl whose defiance helped to end segregation and spark the Civil Rights ...
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Confederate statues are going down everywhere except inside U.S. Capitol Building

Across the country, confederate statues and symbols are going down. Just this week, Mississippi voted to change its flag which featured the old confederate flag. On Wednesday night, a statue of ...
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U.S. Capitol unveils statue of Barbara Rose Johns, civil rights icon who led Virginia walkout

WASHINGTON — A bronze statue of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, honoring the teenager who sparked a pivotal moment in the fight for school ...
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A Virginia Museum May Take Ownership of the US Capitol's Robert E. Lee Statue

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond may become the new permanent home of a Robert E. Lee statue currently in the Capitol building in Washington, DC. The recommendation to move the ...