Sculpture honors Daisy Jane Cooper Johnson's 1961 integration efforts
The sculpture is designed by local artists and has symbolic metal plates representing her footsteps on the day she integrated Richmond schools.
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The sculpture is designed by local artists and has symbolic metal plates representing her footsteps on the day she integrated Richmond schools.
In a powerful tribute to the legacy of Daisy Jane Cooper Johnson, a striking sculpture named Strides has been unveiled at the intersection of Libbie and Patterson Avenues.
'Strides' commemorates Daisy Jane Cooper (late Jane Cooper Johnson) and her role in integrating Westhampton Junior High School.
Like this sculpture, our work — in Richmond and well beyond — is to take the weight of our history and fashion something positive out of a negative.
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