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Statue of Civil Rights Pioneer Barbara Johns to Replace Confederacy's Lee in U.S. Capitol
The spot in the U.S. Capitol's crypt where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee had been, now sits empty. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2020. REUTERS/ Ken Cedeno
A statue of Black civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who played a key role in the desegregation of the public school system, will be installed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, officials said on Monday, replacing one of a leader of the pro-slavery Confederacy.
‘This Is Just the Beginning of Heather’s Legacy,’ Heyer’s Mother Says at Memorial
Heather Heyer's mother Susan Bro speaks at her memorial service inside the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 16. 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
With tears and defiant tributes, hundreds of purple-clad people packed an historic Charlottesville theater to remember the 32-year-old woman killed when a suspected white nationalist crashed his car into anti-racist demonstrators.
"They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well guess what? You just magnified her," Heyer's mother Susan Bro said to long and loud applause from those gathered at the city's 1930s-era Paramount Theater.