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"The Ark of Return": The Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (New York, New York)
The Ark of Return serves as a memorial to honor the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Constructed from white marble, the memorial is a triangular structure with clean geometric lines and faceted surfaces, giving it a modern yet…
“Spirit of Freedom”: African American Civil War Memorial (Washington, DC)
Located in Washington, DC, the semicircular bronze statue by Ed Hamilton depicts three African American infantrymen and one sailor. The soldiers grasp the barrels of their rifled muskets, while the sailor holds a ship’s wheel. The soldiers wear the…
Sojourner Truth Statue (Highland, New York)
Vinnie Bagwell's seven-foot-tall bronze statue of Sojourner Truth reveals a bespectacled, a middle-aged woman who stares resolutely forward, her head turned slightly to the right. Bagwell, perhaps taking inspiration from this undated carte de visite…
1763 Monument (Georgetown, Guyana)
Unveiled three days before the tenth anniversary of Guyanese Independence, the work celebrates the Guyanese anti-colonial struggle, resistance to slavery, and eventual emancipation. It is dedicated to the memory of Cuffy (Kofi Badu), an Akan man sold…
56th United States Colored Infantry Monument (St. Louis, Missouri)
The marble obelisk, which stands on a square stone base, honors the memory of the 173 African American soldiers of the 56th United States Colored Infantry who died of cholera in August 1866. The soldiers were originally buried at the city's old…
African American Monument (Vicksburg, Mississippi)
Located at the Vicksburg National Military Park, the monument depicts three bronze figures, two United States Colored Troops soldiers and a shirtless civilian field hand wearing suspenders, trousers, and a straw hat. The field hand and one of the…
African Burial Ground National Monument (New York, New York)
The memorial sits on .35 acres and includes seven distinct design features: Wall of Remembrance, Ancestral Re-Internment Grove, Memorial Wall, The Ancestral Chamber, Circle of the Diaspora, Spiral Processional Ramp, and The Ancestral Libation Court.…
African-American Monument (Savannah, Georgia)
Situated on the tourist promenade of River Street, the monument depicts a Black family in contemporary dress. The father, mother, daughter, and son stand on broken chains, holding one another in a tight embrace. Along the base are engravings of ocean…
Amistad Memorial (New Haven, Connecticut)
The Amistad Memorial centers around a large bronze triangular prism adorned with sculptural reliefs, depicting scenes from the life of Sengbe Pieh.In 1839 Pieh led a revolt of abducted Africans against their captors on the Spanish slave ship, the…
Araminta With Rifle and Veve (ephemeral)
A monumental outdoor figure of Harriet Tubman depicts her wearing a collared, long dress, holding a richly decorated rifle in her right hand—with its butt adored with flowers—and a colorfully beaded ceremonial staff called veve in her left. The…