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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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Martha Hughes Cannon statue installed in U.S. Capitol’s Emancipation Hall
She was in the House gallery when the bill passed in 2018 and she was in Emancipation Hall when Martha’s statue was installed on Wednesday. Martha’s story has inspired Mercer to want to study ...
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Boston City Workers Remove Controversial Statue of Abraham Lincoln
The Boston Art Commission voted in June to relocate The Emancipation Group statue, after critics described it as "demeaning" toward formerly enslaved Black people. "Over the course of two public ...