It's a copy of an identical monument that was erected in Washington, DC's Lincoln ... argue that while the Emancipation Proclamation changed the course of history, the statue oversimplifies ...

WASHINGTON, DC (7News) — A D.C. lawmaker is working to remove a civil rights statue for the second time. The The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial, was dedicated in ...

Barriers are erected around the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, which depicts a freed slave kneeling at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, June 25, 2020.

Protesters are planning to return to Lincoln Park Friday to denounce and urge the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln, paid for by people who had been enslaved, that celebrates emancipation and ...

Separated by about three miles and 116 years, two Washington ... statue that gives the park its name has long been a source of controversy and even resentment. Dedicated in 1876, the Emancipation ...

The eight-foot-tall bronze statue will be unveiled on September 24 in Emancipation Hall before joining the National Statuary Hall Collection. Cash's likeness will depict him holding a Bible and a ...

House Democrats proposed legislation Wednesday to remove the Emancipation Memorial from Lincoln Park in Washington ... legislation to remove the statue Wednesday – the first day of Black ...

Protesters for and against the removal of the Emancipation Memorial debate in Lincoln Park on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The funds to build the statue were ...

As public officials take a fresh look at statues of historical ... from Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. “The designers of the Emancipation Statue in Lincoln Park in DC didn’t take into ...

A memorial Washington, DC depicts Lincoln standing over a Black man. It's caused a rift between older Black DC residents, who want to keep the statue ... The Emancipation Memorial depicts ...

It's a copy of an identical monument that was erected in Washington, DC's Lincoln ... argue that while the Emancipation Proclamation changed the course of history, the statue oversimplifies ...