view gallery |  Emmeline Pankhurst Statue - London, England
in Civil Rights Memorials The statue of British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is located in the Victoria Gardens, London, England. posted by: neoc1 location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 4/30/2013 last visited: 4/20/2013 |
view gallery |  The Soda Fountain, by Georgia Gerber-- Wichita KS
in Civil Rights Memorials Georgia Gerber's bronze soda fountain in a pocket park in downtown Wichita memorializes the months of African-American college student sit-ins in the former Wichita Woolworth's lunch counter at the start of the civil rights movement. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/29/2013 last visited: 3/16/2013 |
view gallery |  James Smallwood Schoolhouse - York, PA
in Civil Rights Memorials Although the school is gone, this historical marker was erected in 2002 to remember and celebrate national struggle for equal education, regardless of race. posted by: Math Teacher location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Federal Courthouse -- Topeka KS
in Civil Rights Memorials A young plaintiff's lawyer named Thurgood Marshall argued the historic Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation case in the ornate courtroom on the top floor here in 1952. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/11/2013 last visited: 3/14/2013 |
view gallery |  African-American History Monument - Columbia, South Carolina
in Civil Rights Memorials Relief sculpture depicting various scenes from African-American history located on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. posted by: BruceS location: South Carolina date approved: 3/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Religieuses enseignantes-Québec, Québec
in Civil Rights Memorials Le monument est situé sur la Place des Tourangelles, à l'angle des rues des Jardins et Donnacona. posted by: gemeloj location: Quebec, Canada date approved: 3/25/2013 last visited: 5/1/2013 |
view gallery |  Pomník karbonárum / Carbonari monument, Špilberk, Brno, Czech republic
in Civil Rights Memorials Pomník italským revolucionárum, vezneným na Špilberku / Monument to Italian revolutionaries imprisoned in Špilberk. posted by: Noe1 location: Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic date approved: 3/22/2013 last visited: 4/23/2013 |
view gallery |  Hunger strike memorial in Bogside- Derry, Ulster, Northern Ireland
in Civil Rights Memorials The H Block Hunger Strike Memorial in Derry, Northern Ireland posted by: Noe1 location: Ulster, Ireland date approved: 3/19/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Thomas L. Kane - Kanesville, UT
in Civil Rights Memorials This memorial to Thomas L. Kane, who was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer and who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint exodus to Utah, is located in Kanesville, Utah. posted by: Chasing Blue Sky location: Utah date approved: 3/14/2013 last visited: 5/3/2013 |
view gallery |  Nashville Desegregation Plaque - Nashville, Tennessee
in Civil Rights Memorials Plaque on the Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County courthouse commemorating an event which led to the end of segregation in Nashville, Tennessee. posted by: BruceS location: Tennessee date approved: 3/9/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Votes For Women - Nashville, Tennessee
in Civil Rights Memorials Historical marker commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. posted by: BruceS location: Tennessee date approved: 3/8/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Middle Passage Memorial Tree - Nashville, Tennessee
in Civil Rights Memorials Tree planted to honor the Africans who died on slave ships en route to the Americas from Africa. Tree and plaque located on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville. posted by: BruceS location: Tennessee date approved: 3/5/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Memorial to the Pioneers of the Women's Suffrage Movement
in Civil Rights Memorials This statue, part of the Smithsonian Art Inventory, is presently found in the Rotunda Room of the US Capitol Building, but it wasn't always... posted by: sagefemme location: District of Columbia date approved: 1/30/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Integrated and Coeducational Schools in the South - Berea, KY
in Civil Rights Memorials This small plaza is a brick-paved are primarily for the display of a sculpture and plaques commemorating the early history of Berea as the site of the first integrated schools in the South which stood near here. posted by: silverquill location: Kentucky date approved: 1/22/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sojourner Truth and the Northampton Association of Education and Industry - Florence, MA
in Civil Rights Memorials A site dedicated to Sojourner Truth and the Northampton Association of Education and Industry is located in Sojourner Truth Memorial Park on Park Street in the Florence section of Northampton. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 12/7/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Heman Marion Sweatt Plaza - Wiley College (Marshall, Texas)
in Civil Rights Memorials A memorial walking plaza commemorating several notable Wiley College alumni, most notably Heman Marion Sweatt posted by: Eagle1977 location: Texas date approved: 11/2/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The human rights walkway, Côte St-Luc, Qc
in Civil Rights Memorials A walkway for the human rights! posted by: Ourspolaire&Gemeloj location: Quebec, Canada date approved: 10/30/2012 last visited: 10/30/2012 |
view gallery |  Chartist Suffrage - Westgate Hotel - Newport, Gwent, Wales.
in Civil Rights Memorials Positioned outside the Westgate Hotel building, the sculptures commemorate the Chartist uprising of 1839, when twenty Chartists lost their lives, over the right to vote. Created by Christopher Kelly in 1991. Located in Newport, Gwent, Wales. posted by: Lord Abercrombie location: South Wales, United Kingdom date approved: 10/27/2012 last visited: 11/1/2012 |
view gallery |  Japanese-American Internment Marker - Salem, Oregon
in Civil Rights Memorials Place of Reflection on the campus of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon posted by: ddtfamily location: Oregon date approved: 10/20/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Les Enfants du Monde de Paris
in Civil Rights Memorials 21 statues illustrants 21 ethnies. Elles sont toutes plus belles les unes que les autres posted by: gemeloj location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 10/17/2012 last visited: 12/5/2012 |
view gallery |  Ralph L. Carr - Denver, CO
in Civil Rights Memorials Colorado Governor Ralph Carr stood up for the civil rights of Japanese Americans duirng WWII when this was a very unpopular stand posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 10/5/2012 last visited: 8/3/2012 |
view gallery |  Minoru Yasui - Denver, CO
in Civil Rights Memorials Min, as he liked to be called, championed civil rights from the start of WWII to the end of his life. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Colorado date approved: 10/5/2012 last visited: 11/2/2012 |
view gallery |  The Leonard A. Blackshear Walk - Annapolis, MD
in Civil Rights Memorials The Leonard A. Blackshear Walk was the name given to the walkway connecting the Story Wall with the Alex Haley group of sculptures of the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial in downtown Annapolis, MD. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Maryland date approved: 9/20/2012 last visited: 9/21/2012 |
view gallery |  Sexual Diversity Activism at the University of Toronto - Toronto, Ontario
in Civil Rights Memorials This marker is located near the main door on the east side of University College, facing Hart House Circle, at the University of Toronto. posted by: Metro2 location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 9/5/2012 last visited: 5/31/2012 |
view gallery |  Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller Memorial - Tewksbury, MA
in Civil Rights Memorials This sculpture captures the moment Anne Sullivan successfully teaches Helen Keller her first word - water. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 8/28/2012 last visited: never |
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