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Statue of civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns replaces Robert E Lee at US Capitol

On Tuesday, lawmakers unveiled a new statue of civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns at the US Capitol, replacing one of Civil ...
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The Black Teen Civil Rights Trailblazer Whose Statue Just Took Over a D.C. Confederate General’s

Five years after a statue of a Confederate general was removed from the Capitol, a statue of one lesser known civil rights ...

A statue of a civil rights activist who spent much of her life in Philly now stands in the U.S. Capitol

Barbara Rose Johns led a high school walkout that contributed to Brown v. Board of Education. She later graduated from Drexel ...

She fought segregation in 1951. Now her statue stands in the U.S. Capitol

On Tuesday, a bronze-cast statue of Barbara Rose Johns — standing next to a lectern, holding a book high above her head — ...
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Barbara Rose Johns, civil rights pioneer, replaces Robert E Lee statue in the US Capitol

More than seven decades after she stood up inside a segregated Virginia high school, civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns ...

U.S. Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot

Johns was 16 years old in 1951 when she led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, ...

U.S. Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns

The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her ...

Statue of Liberty vs Statue of Unity: What’s the Difference?

Statue of Liberty represents political freedom and democracy, Statue of Unity represents national integration & strong ...