List of monuments to African Americans

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This list may include memorials but does not include plaques or historical markers.

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NameImageHonoreeLocationDesigner or
sculptor
DateComments or
inscriptions
References
Bust of York Bust of York, Mount Tabor, 2021 8.jpg York (explorer) Mount Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon Todd McGrain February 2021Toppled in July, 2021. Patriot Front is suspected.
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (36053).jpg African American Civil War Soldiers Boston Common,Boston, MA Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1897 [1]
Statue of Frederick Douglass FrederickDouglassSummerMorning2018Top.jpg Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Memorial Square,

Rochester, NY

Sidney W. Edwards 1899Douglass & family lived in Rochester 25 years, he's buried in Rochester.
Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort 1.jpg Colored soldiers Green Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, KY 1924
Victory Monument Victory Monument Chicago 2.jpg Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard Douglas, Chicago, IL Leonard Crunelle, John A. Nyden1927
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors - Philadelphia, PA - DSC06524.JPG Colored soldiers and sailors Philadelphia, PA J. Otto Schweizer 1934
Mothers of Gynecology Monument Anarcha Westcott, Betsey, Lucy Montgomery, AL Michelle Browder 2021The women were patients of J. Marion Sims.
John Brown and African-American child John-Brown-Pollia-1935.jpg Enslaved African Americans John Brown Farm State Historic Site, North Elba, NY Joseph Pollia 1935The adult is John Brown. [2]
Emancipation Three slaves Harriet Tubman Park, Boston, MA Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller 1913; cast in bronze 1999 [3]
El Hombre Redimido Abolition Park in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico (IMG 2972).jpg Ponce, Puerto Rico Victor M. Cott1956Commemorates the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico
Expelled Because of Color Expelled Because of Color 5.jpg 33 Georgia legislatorsGrounds of the Georgia State Capitol,

Atlanta, GA

John Thomas Riddle, Jr. 1978Commemorates the Original 33.
Civil Rights Memorial Civil rights memorial.jpg 41 civil rights leaders Montgomery, AL Maya Lin 1989 [4]
Amistad Memorial Downtown, New Haven, CT, USA - panoramio (23).jpg Sengbe Pieh New Haven City Hall, New Haven, CT Ed Hamilton 1992
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Las Sendas Community,

Mesa, AZ

Jane DeDecker 1995
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Brenau University, Gainesville, GA Jane DeDecker 1997
Duke Ellington Circle Duke Ellington Manhattan, New York City, NY Robert Graham 1997
Statue of Malcolm X Malcolm X Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, New York City, NY Gabriel Koren 1997
Harriet Tubman Memorial Harriet Tubman Memorial, Boston (front, uncropped).jpg Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Park, Boston, MA Fern Cunningham 1999
African American History Monument African American History Monument (2017880104).jpg South Carolina State House, Columbia, South Carolina Ed Dwight 2001The history of African Americans in South Carolina from the slave trade to modern times.
Sojourner Truth Memorial Sojourner Truth Florence, MA 2002
African-American Monument African Americans Savannah, GA Dorothy Spradley2002
Integration Maxwell Courtney;
Doby Flowers;
Fred Flowers
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL W. Stanley Proctor 2004Portrays Maxwell Courtney, the first African-American to enroll and graduate; Doby Flowers, the first black Miss Florida State University; and Fred Flowers, first black varsity athlete. [5] :14
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Little Rock, AR Jane DeDecker 2004
Statue of Fred Lee DouglasFred Lee Douglas Frenchtown,Tallahassee, FL,2004Douglas was the first black policeman in Tallahassee assigned to a regular beat. [5] :13
Statue of Harriet Tubman Statue of Harriet Tubman Ypsilanti Michigan.JPG Harriet Tubman Ypsilanti, MI Jane DeDecker 2005
C. K. Steele Statue and PlazaReverend C. K. Steele Tallahassee, FL David Lowe2005Tallahassee civil rights leader of the 1950s.

Harriet Tubman Memorial
Harriet Tubman statue morning jeh.jpg Harriet Tubman Manhattan, New York City, NY Alison Saar 2007
Ray Charles memorial Ray Charles Greenville, FL Bradley Cooley, Brad Cooley Jr2006He grew up in Greenville. [5] :16
29th Colored Regiment Monument 29th Colored Infantry Monument side2.jpg 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment New Haven, CT Ed Hamilton 2008
Statue of Frederick Dogulass Frederick Douglass Harlem, New York City, NY Gabriel Koren 2009
Bust of Sojourner Truth Flickr - USCapitol - Bust of Sojourner Truth.jpg Sojourner Truth U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Artis Lane 2009
Frederick Douglass Statue Frederick Douglass Talbot County Courthouse, Easton, MD Jay Hall Carpenter 2011Douglass was from Talbot County. [6]
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass statue NSHC.jpg Frederick Douglass U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Steven Weitzman 2013
Statue of Rosa Parks Rosa Parks statue NSHC.jpg Rosa Parks U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Eugene Daub 2013
Sojourner Truth Memorial Sojourner Truth as a young slave girl.jpg Sojourner Truth Esopus, NY Trina Greene 2013Portrays her as a slave child. She was born in Esopus. [7]
Denmark Vesey Monument Denmark Vesey Monument - Hampton Park - Charleston SC 06.jpg Denmark Vesey Hampton Park, Charleston, SC 2014Portrayed as a carpenter, holding a Bible
Slavery Memorial Slavery memorial at Brown University by Martin Puryear.jpg Brown University, Providence, RI Martin Puryear 2014
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Statue.jpg Frederick Douglass University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD Andrew Edwards 2015Douglass was from Marylander.
Benjamin Banneker statue Benjamin Banneker statue at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.jpg Benjamin Banneker National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. 2016Statue stands in front of a plan of the City of Washington, which Banneker did not plan, design or survey (see Mythology of Benjamin Banneker and List of common misconceptions)
The Quest for Parity Octavius V. Catto memorial 04.jpg Octavius Catto Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Branly Cadet 2017
National Memorial for Peace and Justice Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, AL, US (02).jpg Victims of lynching Montgomery, AL Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, Hank Willis Thomas, MASS Design Group 2018Six acre site, with 805 hanging steel replicas of coffins.
Memorial to Enslaved Laborers Enslaved laborers at the University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 2020
Women's Rights Pioneers Monument Sojourner Truth Central Park, New York City, NY Meredith Bergmann 2020Also Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton [8]
Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Mary McLeod Bethune U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.FutureTo represent Florida, replacing statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved African Americans enslaved by the College of William & Mary College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA May 2022 [9]
Emancipation and Freedom Monument Emancipation and Freedom Monument 02.jpg Emancipated slaves Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia Thomas Jay Warren 2021replaces the Robert E. Lee Monument [10] [11]

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References

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  2. "John Brown Statue, (sculpture)". Smithsonian American Art Museum: Art Inventory Catalog. Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS). Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020..
  3. "Emancipation: A Statue and A Trail". Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2020..
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  5. 1 2 3 "Florida Black Heritage Trail". Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. March 2011.
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  8. Hines, Morgan (August 26, 2020). "'We have broken the bronze ceiling': First monument to real women unveiled in NYC's Central Park". USA Today . Archived from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
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