Texas African American History Memorial, Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas, USA

Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC17_TEXAS_MC024.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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2016 African American America American art Austin bronze capitol color colour Congress Avenue Historic District day detail downtown Ed Dwight emancipated slaves exterior fine arts freedom gardens government grounds heritage history image Lone Star State morning outdoors outside Recorded Texas Historic Landmark sculpture slave slavery state State Capitol Texan Texas Texas African American History Memorial Texas African American History Memorial Foundation Texas State Antiquities Landmark Texas State Capitol tourism tourist attraction travel United States United States of America US US National Historic Landmark US National Register of Historic Places USA vertical

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