The first Black president of an American college is being honored with a sculpture installed in the Vermont city where he was born in 1826.
The larger-than-life marble bust of scholar Martin Henry Freeman sits on a stack of books in a downtown square as part of the Rutland Sculpture Trail.
âItâs a very soft, gentle portrayal of Martin Freeman,â said Al Wakefield, one of the sponsors of the piece that was installed in November. âI donât know how many people remember either through historical writings what kind of person he was, but heâs depicted as a very gentle, kind, literary, artsy kind of a guy.â