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Louis L. Redding - Advocate for Equality, (sculpture). Artist:  Parks, Charles Cropper, 1922-2012, sculptor. Title:  Louis L. Redding - Advocate for Equality, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Copyrighted 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with greenish patina; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 2 in. x 2 1/2 ft. x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 in. x 5 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. Inscription:  (Bottom rear:) (copyright symbol) Parks 92 (Front of base, incised:) LOUIS L. REDDING - ADVOCATE FOR EQUALITY signed Description:  Three standing full-length figures. In the center is the figure of Louis L. Redding, an adult black man. To his proper right is the figure of a young black boy, and to Redding's proper left is the figure of a young white girl. Redding is standing with his arms down and slightly away from his side, and his hands are open and resting on the backs of the children. Redding is dressed in a suit, the boy in a polo shirt and slacks, and the girl in a dress. The boy holds two books at his side in his proper right hand and his proper left hand is in his pocket. The girl holds a book at her side in her proper left hand. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil Rights Movement History -- United States -- Black History History -- United States -- Delaware Portrait male -- Redding, Louis L. -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Figure male -- Child -- Full length Figure female -- Child -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Student Ethnic -- African American Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Wilmington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Wilmington, Department of Parks and Recreation, 22 South Heald Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Located Louis L. Redding City/County Building, 800 French Street, Spencer Plaza, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Remarks:  Louis L. Redding was an advocate of school desegregation and part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People legal team that challenged school segregation in Delaware in Gebhart v. Belton and Bulah v. Gebhart, two cases which led to the successful school desegregation cases popularly known as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and 1955. He was also the first African American to be admitted to the Delaware bar. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Delaware survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS DE000034   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture DE000034 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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