COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina's first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ... Smalls dressed in a tuxedo as a ...
A monument honoring a former Black Congressman who commandeered a Confederate ... the visitor’s entrance of the State House. The Robert Smalls statue will face the State House and the George ...
Members voted unanimously during a Jan. 8 meeting of the Robert Smalls Monument Commission ... as one of South Carolina's first Black members of Congress. For those involved, it was a long time ...
This image from the Library of Congress Brady-Handy photograph collection shows a portrait of Robert Smalls created between 1870 and 1880. (Library of Congress via AP) ...
A clay rendering of the Robert Smalls monument ... Provided photo COLUMBIA, S.C. A monument honoring a former Black Congressman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War is slated ...
South Carolina Statue Honoring Black Hero Robert Smalls Will Stare ... Sculptor Basil Watson's proposal is Smalls dressed in a tuxedo as a congressman at the height of his power.