Artworks commemorating African-Americans in Washington, D.C. is a group of fourteen public artworks in Washington, D.C., including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedicated in 2011, that commemorate African Americans.[1] When describing thirteen of these that predate the King Memorial, Jacqueline Trescott wrote for The Washington Post:
In a city crowded with memorials and monuments, few represent the individual struggles of African American pioneers or salute the contributions of black citizens.[1]
Trescott reported that four additional commemorative works also include representations of African Americans.[1]
List
Trescott reported that the following works commemorate African Americans.[1]
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- A. Philip Randolph bust, by Ed Dwight, in Union Station
- Emancipation Memorial, by Thomas Ball featuring Abraham Lincoln and a newly freed slave, in Lincoln Park
- (Here I Stand) In the Spirit of Paul Robeson, by Allen Uzikee Nelson, Petworth neighborhood, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue, Varnum Street, and Kansas Avenue
- Josh Gibson, full-size statue, Omri Amrany and Julie Rotblatt-Amrany. Nationals Park
- Lady Fortitude, by James King, at Howard University
- Dr. King bust by John Wilson, in the United States Capitol Rotunda
- Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, by Robert Berks, life-sized statue, Lincoln Park
- Negro Mother and Child, by Maurice Glickman, in the basement courtyard of the Interior Department, C Street and 18th Street, N.W.
- Spirit of Freedom: African American Civil War Memorial, by Ed Hamilton, at 10th Street and U Street, N.W.
- Bust of Sojourner Truth, by Artis Lane, in the Capitol Visitor Center
- Saint Martin de Porres statue, by Thomas McGlynn, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 1600 Morris Road, S.E.
- The Progress of the Negro Race, by Daniel Gillette Olney, a terra cotta frieze, Langston Terrace Dwellings, 21st Street and Benning Road N.E.
- The Shaw Memorial, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, patinated plaster cast for a sculpture, National Gallery of Art.[2] The cast's inscription reads: ROBERT GOULD SHAW – KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAVLT ON FORT WAGNER JVLY TWENTY THIRD EIGHTEEN HVNDRED AND SIXTY THREE.[3]
Additional representations of African Americans
Trescott reported that the following memorials contain additional representations of African Americans.[1]
Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture
Martin Luther King, Jr. bust in Capitol Rotunda
