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View Comments After being delayed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the statue of local civil rights activist Marian Spencer was finally unveiled at Smale Riverfront Park on Sunday.  The sculpture of Spencer, who is famous in part for leading the fight to desegregate Coney Islands swimming pools and being the first Black woman elected to Cincinnati City Council, is the citys first named statue of a woman.  A large crowd gathered at the parks Womens Garden in scorching heat for the stat...

View Comments Marian Spencer, a civil rights activist with a "spine of steel" who led local desegregation efforts, will be honored this weekend with the citys first public sculpture modeled after a real woman. The sculpture, commissioned by the Womens City Club, will be unveiled at Smale Park on Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m.  Spencer, who died in 2019, is most remembered for leading the charge to desegregate Coney Island and Cincinnati Public Schools. She had leadership roles on Cincinnati City ...