RICHMOND — The man stands 12 feet tall, eyes closed in what might be pain or transcendence, chains falling off his outstretched arms, scars striped across his muscled back. Opposite him, a woman on a ...

On April 14, 1876, Frederick Douglass arrived at the unveiling ceremony for the Emancipation Memorial, the statue now under attack by some protesters in Washington’s Lincoln Park. A crowd of 25,000, ...

Sanford Biggers, “Lifting the Veil” (2023), marble, textile and selective laser sintering nylon powder, 44 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (photo by John Berner, courtesy Chazen Museum of Art) MADISON, ...

Two weeks after Richmond, Virginia, removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had prompted protests over racial injustice, the city unveiled a new monument on Wednesday commemorating ...

A new emancipation monument was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday that features two 12-foot bronze statues — one of a woman holding an infant and one of a man freed from chattel slavery.

The monument includes two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant after being newly freed from slavery Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering Human Interest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emancipation and Freedom Monument Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP Emancipation and Freedom Monument The city of ...