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Step on Board (Boston, Massachusetts)
A high relief sculpture with Harriet Tubman and six figures: three women, two men, and a baby. All figures are clothed in nineteenth-century dress. Wearing a dress, shawl, and head wrap, Tubman strides forward, gesturing with her left hand and…
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York, New York)
Over-life size portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman. Signed by the artist: A. Saar, 2006. Foundry stamp: DS/Decker Studios.
Texas African American History Memorial (Austin, Texas)
The monumental work includes two bronze walls featuring figural scenes celebrating 400 years of African Americans’ contributions to Texas history. Decorated on both front and back, Dwight includes depictions of African Americans engaged in the…
The 29th Colored Regiment Monument (New Haven, Connecticut)
The memorial features a black stone obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiment. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides. The Westside features a bronze…
The Battle of Island Mound (Butler, Missouri)
The life-sized bronze statue of a single black soldier honors the contributions of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry to the Union Army.
The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Standing on a base made of stones of varied size and shape, the three women, the leaders of the Fireburn Revolt (1878), face outward, forming a triangle. Dressed in floor-length dresses and aprons, each figure carries objects related to their…
The Whitney Plantation Museum (Wallace, Louisiana)
Dedicated to the history of enslavement in the Southern United States, the Whitney Plantation is sited on the grounds where enslaved people labored in bondage for over 100 years. The museum is comprised of twelve historic structures. A number of…
Thomas Alexandre Dumas Slavery Memorial (Paris, France)
The monumental ironwork is dedicated to both the memory of General Dumas, the first Black general in France, and the abolition of slavery. The work, which consists of broken shackles and iron chains, was erected on the site of Alphonse de Perrin de…
Tower of Freedom (Windsor, Ontario)
The Canadian counter-part to Ed Dwight's Gateway to Freedom, Tower of Freedom consists of a twenty-two-foot high granite tower, adorned with a bronze flame symbolizing the “Eternal Flame of Freedom.” Life-size bronze figures stand on opposite sides…
Truths that Rise from the Roots Remembered (Alexandria, Virginia)
Truths that Rise from the Roots Remembered is located in the Alexandria African American Heritage Park, a nine-acre memorial park. The park was the site of a historic Black Baptist Cemetery, established in 1885, and later descecrated when the City of…