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Who was Barbara Rose Johns? Robert E Lee statue in US Capitol replaced with civil rights icon

Teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns is known for leading a student walkout at her high school during the '50s. The walkout was meant to be a protest against the racial segregation at public ...

She fought segregation in 1951. Now her statue stands in the U.S. Capitol

On Tuesday, a bronze-cast statue of Barbara Rose Johns — standing next to a lectern, holding a book high above her head — ...

U.S. Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot

Johns was 16 years old in 1951 when she led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, ...
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Why Barbara Johns belongs in the US Capitol

On Tuesday, the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol got its newest addition. Civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns now ...

U.S. Capitol unveils Barbara Rose Johns statue, replacing Robert E. Lee

An statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a Black teenage girl who protested segregation, has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, four ...

Barbara Bush headlines milestone Planned Parenthood Awards in Dallas

WHAT: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas 35th annual Awards WHERE: Winspear Opera House WHEN: 9, 2025 THE 411: The morning ...