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An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed

The new Emancipation and Freedom Monument in Richmond, Va., features two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and woman holding an infant who have been newly freed from slavery. (Virginia's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission)
The new Emancipation and Freedom Monument in Richmond, Va., features two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and woman holding an infant who have been newly freed from slavery. (Virginia's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission)

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