Two weeks after a statue of a Confederate general was removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, a new monument is being put in its place. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northman said they are symbols ...

Two weeks after Richmond, Virginia, removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had prompted protests over racial injustice, the city unveiled a new monument on Wednesday commemorating ...

A new emancipation monument was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday that features two 12-foot bronze statues — one of a woman holding an infant and one of a man freed from chattel slavery.

The monument includes two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and a woman holding an infant after being newly freed from slavery Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering Human Interest.

A new monument commissioned by the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission will be dedicated and unveiled in a ceremony on Brown’s Island in Richmond on Wednesday. Dedicated to the ...

A monument honoring Virginians who fought against slavery has been dedicated in the former capital of the Confederacy. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Star Parker, a columnist for The Daily Signal, is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. The debate now surrounding the Emancipation Monument that stands in Lincoln Park in ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The man stands 12 feet tall, eyes closed in what might be pain or transcendence, chains falling off his outstretched arms, scars striped across his muscled back. Opposite him, a woman ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Capitol Police released a video Friday and asked for help to identify the man who vandalized the Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown’s Island in Richmond. The man, according to ...

WASHINGTON — For the second night this week, "The Freedom Neighborhood" has organized a rally at the base of the Emancipation Monument in Lincoln Park, calling for the removal of the statue. After ...

Sanford Biggers, “Lifting the Veil” (2023), marble, textile and selective laser sintering nylon powder, 44 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (photo by John Berner, courtesy Chazen Museum of Art) MADISON, ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A new emancipation monument dedicated to those who fought for freedom is being unveiled at Brown's Island Wednesday morning. The two 12-foot bronze statues represent a man and a woman ...