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Wisconsin, in a first, to unveil a Black woman’s statue at its Capitol
And seated Rosa Parks was the first full-length statue of a Black person to be installed inside the U.S. Capitol, honoring the woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in ...
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Morgan State University unveils new Henrietta Lacks statue for National Blacks in Wax Museum
Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells revolutionized medical research, is honored with a wax figure at Morgan State ...
Celebrate Harriet Tubman Day by embracing Black Women’s right to rest
Harriet Tubman put everything on the line to ensure others could live freely. Today, Black women are still leading, fighting, ...
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Sadie T.M. Alexander, first Black woman in the US to receive a PhD, to be honored with statue in Philadelphia
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a woman of many firsts, including being the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the first Black woman to earn a PhD ...
The untold story behind the Statue of Liberty: Its muse, towering height, and surprising connection to the Eiffel Tower
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor shares something in common with other marvels of the world that are, were and never ...