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Camp Barker Memorial (Washington, DC)
"The Camp Barker Memorial frames the site’s history as Camp Barker, a Civil War ‘contraband camp’, with three entry gateways to a public elementary…
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Frederick Douglass Monuments
Frederick Douglass (c. February 1818—February 20, 1895), one of the most brilliant orators of his generation, worked ceaselessly for the cause of…
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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Harriet Ross Tubman (1822 - 1913) is best known for her role as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Most...
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Prairie Boat (Chicago, Illinois)
The design of this forty-foot-long gathering space connects the African American Water Trail, the natural spaces of Beaubien Woods on the Far South…
Freedmen's Memorial to Abraham Lincoln (Washington, DC)
From "On the Removal of Statues": Ball’s composition includes two figures, one fully clothed, the other semi-nude. Due to the dozens of photographs…
North to Freedom (Brewer, Maine)
The statue depicts a male freedom seeker from the waist up. His head is turned to his right shoulder, looking back toward the south and leaning to the…