List of artworks commemorating African Americans in Washington, D.C.

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] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavius Catto

• 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]

• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by Frederick E. Hart.
• The Korean War Veterans Memorial, by Frank Gaylord II.
• The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, overall design by Lawrence Halprin.
• The Vietnam Women's Memorial, by Glenna Goodacre.

Photo gallery

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  Emancipation Memorial
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  Mary McLeod Bethune sculpture
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  Shaw Memorial
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. bust in Capitol Rotunda

See also

• United States portal

• Rosa Parks (National Statuary Hall)
• Frederick Douglass (Capitol Building)^[4][5][6]
• Marion Barry (Washington City Council Building)^[7][8]
• Cornerstones of History^[9][10]
• List of African-American historic places in the District of Columbia

African American:

• List of museums focused on African Americans
• List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr.