South Carolina African-American History Monument (Columbia, South Carolina)

South Carolina African-American History Monument (Columbia, South Carolina)

Two semicircular gray granite walls, inlaid with twelve bronze panels illustrating 300 years of African American history, frame an obelisk and pedestal. The twelve scenes of African American history include images of the Middle Passage, an African American family on an auction block, slaves working in a field, men and women celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation, the Jim Crow era, the Great Migration, and images of contemporary African Americans’ important contributions to engineering, law education, sports, politics, and space exploration. At the base of the monument’s obelisk are four rubbing stones from regions of Africa where slaves were captured - Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, and Ghana. In front of the memorial, Dwight included a bronze cast of the famous print of the British slave ship Brookes (1787).

Dwight, Ed, 1933-

Photographs: Ron Cogswell, https://www.flickr.com/photos/22711505@N05/7917139800/in/album-72157630674378570/

March 29, 2001

African American History Monument Commission; South Carolina Arts Commission; State House Committee; Citizens' Advisory Committe; Design Committee; Fundraising Committee; and private donors.

South Carolina State House, 1100 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, United States

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Visual Arts-Sculpture

South Carolina State House Grounds, 1100 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, United States

Sculpture

Obelisk and pedestal: 276 in. (701.04 cm.)