Dec 16, 2025 · Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.

Dec 22, 2025 · The new Barbara Rose Johns statue was unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on December 16. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images On April 23, 1951, a …

Dec 16, 2025 · The U.S. Capitol unveils statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns, who protested her Virginia high school’s poor conditions in 1951. The landmark Supreme Court case “ Brown v.

Dec 16, 2025 · The U.S. Capitol unveils statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns, who protested her Virginia high school’s poor conditions in 1951.

Dec 17, 2025 · Five years after a statue of a Confederate general was removed from the Capitol, a statue of one lesser known civil rights leader is finally being unveiled. Barbara Rose Johns was only …

Dec 16, 2025 · Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at …

Dec 17, 2025 · An statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a Black teenage girl who protested segregation, has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol, four years after Virginia selected the civil rights icon to represent …

Dec 16, 2025 · Barbara Rose Johns was just 16 years old when she led her Farmville, Va., classmates in a student strike protesting unequal education. That 1951 student-led protest paved a path toward …

Dec 17, 2025 · A statue of Virginia civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns, whose statue will replace one of Robert E. Lee as one of Virginia’s two statues on display at the Capitol, is unveiled Tuesday, Dec. …

Dec 18, 2025 · Under federal law, each state is represented by two statues in National Statuary Hall, selected by the state to honor notable individuals from its history. The Johns statue was …