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Statue location honoring Robert Smalls at SC State House picked. Here’s where it will go
“As these younger generations of citizens visit the state house, they will walk by the Robert Smalls,” said state Rep. Jermaine Johnson, D-Richland. The Smalls statue will depict him in a ...
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South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist
Brandon Cox from Goose Creek, left, and Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson of Columbia, right, hug on the proposed site for a statue of Reconstruction hero Robert Smalls on Wednesday ...
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Design unveiled for Robert Smalls monument on SC Statehouse grounds
Members voted unanimously during a Jan. 8 meeting of the Robert Smalls Monument ... Carolina's first Black members of Congress. For those involved, it was a long time coming. Smalls, considered ...
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African American Civil War hero to be honored outside SC’s state grounds
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort ... Sculptor Basil Watson’s proposal is Smalls dressed in a tuxedo as a congressman at the height of his power. It was chosen over an idea that included ...
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South Carolina Statue Honoring Black Hero Robert Smalls Will Stare Down a Segregationist
Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort ... Sculptor Basil Watson's proposal is Smalls dressed in a tuxedo as a congressman at the height of his power. It was chosen over an idea that included ...