Statue of Barbara Rose Johns Replaces Robert E. Lee Statue in the U.S. Capitol

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition
  • Barbara Rose Johns statue (X / Governor Glenn Youngkin)
    Barbara Rose Johns statue (X / Governor Glenn Youngkin)
  • Statue of Robert E. Lee being removed from the U.S. Capitol in December 2020. (Photo: Jack Mayer/Office of Governor Northam)
    Statue of Robert E. Lee being removed from the U.S. Capitol in December 2020. (Photo: Jack Mayer/Office of Governor Northam)
    Image of Virginia Civil Rights Activist replaces Confederate StatueBlack Press USA“The Commonwealth of Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all, and not a traitor who took up arms against the United States to preserve the brutal institution of chattel slavery,” said House Democratic Leader...

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