Artworks commemorating African Americans in Washington, D.C.

Artworks commemorating African-Americans in Washington, D.C. is a group of fourteen public artworks in Washington, D.C., including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedicated in 2011, that commemorate African Americans.^[1] When describing thirteen of these that predate the King Memorial, Jacqueline Trescott wrote for The Washington Post:

In a city crowded with memorials and monuments, few represent the individual struggles of African American pioneers or salute the contributions of black citizens.^[1]

Trescott reported that four additional commemorative works also include representations of African Americans.^[1]

List

Trescott reported that the following works commemorate African Americans.^[1]

A. Philip Randolph bust, by Ed Dwight, in Union Station
Emancipation Memorial, by Thomas Ball featuring Abraham Lincoln and a newly freed slave, in Lincoln Park
(Here I Stand) In the Spirit of Paul Robeson, by Allen Uzikee Nelson, Petworth neighborhood, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue, Varnum Street, and Kansas Avenue
Josh Gibson, full-size statue, Omri Amrany and Julie Rotblatt-Amrany. Nationals Park
Lady Fortitude, by James King, at Howard University
Dr. King bust by John Wilson, in the United States Capitol Rotunda
Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, by Robert Berks, life-sized statue, Lincoln Park
Negro Mother and Child, by Maurice Glickman, in the basement courtyard of the Interior Department, C Street and 18th Street, N.W.
Spirit of Freedom: African American Civil War Memorial, by Ed Hamilton, at 10th Street and U Street, N.W.
Sojourner Truth bust, by Artis Lane, in the Capitol Visitor Center
St. Martin de Porres statue, by Thomas McGlynn, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 1600 Morris Road, S.E.
The Progress of the Negro Race, by Daniel Olney, a terra cotta frieze, Langston Terrace, 21st Street and Benning Road N.E.
The Shaw Memorial, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, patinated plaster cast for a sculpture, National Gallery of Art.^[2] The cast's inscription states: "ROBERT GOULD SHAW - KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAVLT ON FORT WAGNER JVLY TWENTY THIRD EIGHTEEN HVNDRED AND SIXTY THREE".^[3]

Additional representations of African Americans

Trescott reported that the following memorials contain addtitional representations of African Americans.^[1]

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by Frederick E. Hart.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial, by Frank Gaylord II.
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, overall design by Lawrence Halprin.
The Vietnam Women's Memorial, by Glenna Goodacre.

Photo gallery

Emancipation Memorial
Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture
Shaw Memorial
MLK, Jr. bust in Capitol Rotunda

References

1 2 3 4 5 Trescott, Jacqueline (2011-08-23). "Across D.C., statues honor African Americans". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
↑ Augustus Saint-Gaudens (artist). "Shaw Memorial, 1900". The Collection. National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
↑ Rob Young (photographer). "National Gallery of Art — Shaw Memorial". Full-size image. Flickr. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

External links

Public art in Washington, D.C.

Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8

Landmarks of Washington, D.C.

Memorials	Adams African American Civil War Air Force Boy Scout James Buchanan Signers of the Declaration of Independence D.C. War Albert Einstein Emancipation John Ericsson The Extra Mile First Division James A. Garfield Ulysses S. Grant Holocaust Museum Holodomor Genocide Memorial Jefferson Memorial John Paul Jones Korean War Veterans Law Enforcement Officers Lincoln Memorial Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II Martin Luther King, Jr. George Mason George Meade Navy Navy - Merchant Marine Peace Monument Pentagon Second Division Robert A. Taft The Three Soldiers Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Island Taras Shevchenko Oscar Straus Titanic Veterans Disabled for Life Victims of Communism Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Women's Washington Monument Daniel Webster World War II

Planned	Adams Memorial Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial General Francis Marion Memorial Gold Star Mothers Monument National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial National Liberty Memorial Peace Corps Monument World War I

Former	Rainbow Pool

Other	U.S. Capitol Capitol Reflecting Pool Constitution Gardens Healy Hall Immaculate Conception Basilica Islamic Center Jefferson Pier Kennedy Center Library of Congress Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Lincoln's Cottage at Soldiers' Home National Archives National Cathedral Smithsonian Institution Supreme Court Building White House Zero Milestone

Public art in Washington, D.C. (Outdoor sculpture, American Revolution Statuary, Civil War Monuments, commemorating African-Americans)

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