The statue of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns has been approved by the Commission for Historical Statues in the U.S. Capitol, which is expected to be unveiled as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection by the end of the year.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The statue of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns has been approved by the Commission for Historical Statues in the U.S. Capitol, which is expected to be unveiled as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection by the end of the year.
The Commission unanimously approved a bronze statue of Johns for installation at the U.S. Capitol during a public meeting on Wednesday, June 18, in the Reynolds Leadership Center on the second floor of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, located at 428 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond.
