U.S. Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee's place
Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago.
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