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Harriet Tubman (second cast) (Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia)
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy.
Harriet Tubman (third cast) (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
Harriet Tubman (fourth cast) (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
Homenagem a Zumbi dos Palmares (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
The work is dedicated to Zumbi dos Palmares, a Quilombo leader and one of the principle forces behind the resistance to slavery in Brazil. The muscular, semi-nude figure of Zumbi dos Palmares, stands with his weight shifted to his right foot. He…
Soldiers' Memorial (Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri)
The monument depicts the members of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry who, in 1866, founded Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. The work includes two soldiers and Capt. Foster, their white commander, who all are shown atop…
Memorial to the Underground Railroad (Battle Creek, Michigan)
A multifigure statue that includes portraits of Erastus and Sarah Hussey, abolitionists and Underground Railroad conductors in southern Michigan as well as an image of Harriet Tubman.
Denmark Vesey Monument (Charleston, South Carolina)
The work is dedicated to Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and self-educated black man who planned one of the most extensive slave revolts in U.S. history in Charleston, South Carolina in 1822. Vesey, elegantly dressed in a collared jacket, trousers, and an…
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…
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…
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…