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RARE PHOTOS: Barbara rose johns - The Real Truth

75 years after she led a student strike that helped end school segregation, Barbara Rose Johns now stands in the US Capitol where Robert E. Lee once did

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence isn’t the only important anniversary in 2026. This year also marks the 75th anniversary of an extraordinary case of student activism that helped lead to the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing segregated schools.

The Conversation · Apr 2

Photos of the week | December 12-18, 2025 - Roll Call

Congress has left the building. Here are the images of the last week of this session captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.

Roll Call · Dec 19, 2025

Capitol Lens | Johns in bronze - Roll Call

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who led a protest against segregation at her Virginia school in 1951, is unveiled in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

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Barbara Rose Johns: The Teen Protester Turned Civil Rights Icon Honoured With a US Capitol Statue

Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike at 16 that challenged school segregation, is honoured with a statue in the US Capitol building history.

International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2025

‘One of America’s true trailblazers’: Capitol unveils statue replacing Robert E Lee

Johns is known for protesting poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025

National Statuary Hall collection trades a Confederate general for a teen activist

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who fought segregation at her high school in 1951, takes the place once held by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Roll Call · Dec 16, 2025

US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

The U.S. Capitol will soon display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025

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Maryland artist’s sculpture of civil rights leader set to replace Robert E. Lee statue at US Capitol

Steven Weitzman is going to bring a civil rights icon to life in the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023

Maryland artist chosen to create U.S. Capitol statue of teen who fought segregation

Steven Weitzman will sculpt the bronze statue of Barbara Rose Johns, a 16-year-old who led protests against school segregation in Virginia. It will replace a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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