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December 22, 2020

Statue of Civil Rights Pioneer Barbara Johns to Replace Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
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A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from the
U.S. Capitol. The statue represented Virginia in the National Statuary
Hall collection. The state of Virginia plans to replace it with a statue
of civil rights pioneer Barbara Johns. In 1951, the 16-year-old Johns
organized a student walkout to protest segregated schools in Virginia.
She was also involved in a lawsuit that became part of the landmark
Brown v. Board of Education case.


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