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Civil Rights Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Bleifeld, Stanley, 1924- , sculptor. Title:  Civil Rights Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 21, 2008. Medium:  Bronze and granite. Description:  Eighteen bronze figures representing students from a Prince Edward Island school who walked out in 1951 to protest their rundown and overcrowded school. At center is Barbara Rose Johns, the student who called the strike. Lawyers Oliver W. Hill Sr. and Spottswood III are also depicted. The figures are all set before a granite wall with a quote from Barbara Johns: "IT SEEMED LIKE REACHING FOR THE MOON." Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil Rights Movement Portrait female -- Johns, Barbara Rose -- Full length Portrait male -- Hill, Oliver W., Sr. -- Full length Portrait male -- Robinson, Spottswood, III -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Occupation -- Education -- Student Figure group Ethnic -- African American Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Richmond Sculpture Owner:  Virginia State Capitol, Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia References:  Inventory staff, 2008. 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 71500889   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500889 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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