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This is the woman whose statue will replace that of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol

This is the woman whose statue will replace that of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol
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Barbara Johns' statue will replace that of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol

Barbara Johns statue will replace that of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol
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12/22/2020
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When Barbara Johns was just 16 years old, she led a walkout at her high school to protest poor and unequal school conditions. The moment is one that many historians believe helped launch the desegregation movement in the US.
Now, Johns who died in 1991 will be memorialized at the US Capitol, replacing Virginia s statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
By law, all states are allowed to donate two statues to the US Capitol for display around the building as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, and they re able to replace existing statues through a process that involves the state s legislature and governor. ....

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Justice In Statues: Robert E. Lee Replaced By Girl Who Sparked Brown V. Board Of Education

The Commission on Historical Statues in the United States Capitol has recommended that civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns represent Virginia in the National Statuary Hall Collection, replacing the existing statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Gov. Ralph Northam has also announced that his proposed budget includes dearly $500,000 to replace the statue.
“On April 23, 1951, sixteen-year-old Barbara Rose Johns led a student walkout at Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, protesting the overcrowded and inferior conditions of the all-Black school compared to those of White students at nearby Farmville High School,” a release said.
Her actions got the support of NAACP lawyers Spottswood Robinson and Oliver Hill, who took up her case and filed a lawsuit that would later be one fo five cases the United States Supreme Court reviewed in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka when it declared segregation unconstitutional. ....

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Virginia removes Confederate statue from U.S. Capitol

Photo Courtesy of Jack Mayer, Office of Governor Northam.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia’s statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee was removed from the United States Capitol overnight. A representative from the governor’s office was present for the removal along with United States Senator Tim Kaine and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton.
Each state is entitled to display two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection, and for 111 years, the Confederate statue has stood along with America’s first president George Washington as Virginia’s contributions. The two statues were added in 1909, which was 44 years after the Confederacy rebelled against the United States and was defeated. The Lee statue had been one among 13 located in the Crypt of the Capitol, representing the 13 original colonies. ....

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Editorial: Right choice: Barbara Rose Johns deserves to stand in the U.S. Capitol

Editorial: Right choice: Barbara Rose Johns deserves to stand in the U.S. Capitol
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