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Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue (Florence, MA)
The life-size bronze figure of Sojourner Truth stands at the center of a square granite base. Truth is shown bespectacled, wearing a period-appropriate head covering, long scarf, and floor-length dress. Her arms are open at her side, in an inviting…
Middle Passage Monument (St. Croix, USVI)
A twelve‐foot‐high aluminum arch commemorates the thousands of Africans who perished during the transatlantic slave trade. Composed of two halves, which bend towards one another but never touch, the work symbolizes “the need for the past, present,…
Mémorial de l’Anse Cafard (Le Diamant, Martinique)
The memorial, which overlooks the sea, commemorates both the enslaved people who perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Martinique in 1830, and more generally, the tens of thousands of enslaved Africans who were taken to Martinique as part of the…
The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI)
Standing on a base made of stones of varied size and shape, the three women, the leaders of the Fireburn Revolt, face outward, forming a triangle. Dressed in floor-length dresses and aprons, each figure carries objects related to their resistance.…
Gaspar Yanga (Yanga, Veracruz, Mexico)
The muscular, semi-nude figure looks resolutely forward as he raises a machete in his right hand and holds a long (sugar cane?) in his left. A shackle with a broken chain is still attached to his left wrist. The work was created to celebrate Gaspar…
Never Again Slavery Statue (Albreda, The Gambia)
The work depicts an abstracted human figure, arms outstretched above their head, broken chains hanging from each wrist. Both the frontal and posterior planes of the body are painted black, while the sides of the body are painted white. A geometric,…
Monument of the 26th Regiment United States Colored Infantry (Ithaca, New York)
Polished black granite in the shape of an upright headstone with an arched top, is dedicated to the memory 26 men of the 26th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops who enlisted between 1863 and 1864 at the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, Ithaca, NY.…
Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial (Frankfort, KY)
The ten-foot limestone pillar was dedicated to 142 African American Soldiers from Franklin County, Kentucky who fought in the Civil War.
Commemorative Sign to the United States Colored Troops of the Civil War, Philadelphia National Cemetery (Philadelphia, PA)
The sign, located in Philadephia's National Cemetery is dedicated to the United States Colored Troops (USCT) buried there. The storyboard was installed in 2017 after a backlash against a 2015 150-year anniversary commemoration that honored…
African-American Soldier Monument (Danbury, CT)
The black granite monument, which resembles the adjacent grave markers, is dedicated to honoring African-American veterans who volunteered for Civil War service.