A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who as a 16-year-old girl played a pivotal role in the downfall of segregated schooling, will replace the Robert E. Lee statue, which had stood in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall until 2020 as the representative of Virginia.
Montgomery County resident Steven Weitzman has been tapped to produce a statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who as a 16-year-old girl played a pivotal role in the downfall of segregated schooling
Montgomery County resident Steven Weitzman has been tapped to produce a statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who as a 16-year-old girl played a pivotal role in the downfall of segregated schooling
The bronze likeness of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns is being sculpted by an artist in Brentwood, Maryland. That statue is destined for the U.S. Capitol.