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See also: Category:Slavery memorials in the United States
For memorials to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., see Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr.

This list may include memorials but does not include plaques or historical markers.

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Name Image Honoree Location Designer or
sculptor 		Date Comments or
inscriptions 		References
Bust of York York (explorer) Mount Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon Todd McGrain February 2021 Toppled in July, 2021. Patriot Front is suspected.
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial African American Civil War Soldiers Boston Common,Boston, MA Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1897 [1]
Statue of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass Memorial Square,

Rochester, NY

Sidney W. Edwards 1899 Douglass & family lived in Rochester 25 years, he's buried in Rochester.
Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort Colored soldiers Green Hill Cemetery, Frankfort, KY 1924
Victory Monument Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard Douglas, Chicago, IL Leonard Crunelle, John A. Nyden 1927
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors Colored soldiers and sailors Philadelphia, PA J. Otto Schweizer 1934
Mothers of Gynecology Monument Anarcha Westcott, Betsey, Lucy Montgomery, AL Michelle Browder 2021 The women were patients of J. Marion Sims.
John Brown and African-American child Enslaved African Americans John Brown Farm State Historic Site, North Elba, NY Joseph Pollia 1935 The adult is John Brown. [2]
Emancipation Three slaves Harriet Tubman Park, Boston, MA Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller 1913; cast in bronze 1999 [3]
El Hombre Redimido Ponce, Puerto Rico Victor M. Cott 1956 Commemorates the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico
Expelled Because of Color 33 Georgia legislators Grounds of the Georgia State Capitol,

Atlanta, GA

John Thomas Riddle, Jr. 1978 Commemorates the Original 33.
Civil Rights Memorial 41 civil rights leaders Montgomery, AL Maya Lin 1989 [4]
Amistad Memorial Sengbe Pieh New Haven City Hall, New Haven, CT Ed Hamilton 1992
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Las Sendas Community,

Mesa, AZ

Jane DeDecker 1995
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Brenau University, Gainesville, GA Jane DeDecker 1997
Duke Ellington Circle Duke Ellington Manhattan, New York City, NY Robert Graham 1997
Statue of Malcolm X Malcolm X Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, New York City, NY Gabriel Koren 1997
Harriet Tubman Memorial Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Park, Boston, MA Fern Cunningham 1999
African American History Monument South Carolina State House, Columbia, South Carolina Ed Dwight 2001 The history of African Americans in South Carolina from the slave trade to modern times.
Sojourner Truth Memorial Sojourner Truth Florence, MA 2002
African-American Monument African Americans Savannah, GA Dorothy Spradley 2002
Integration Maxwell Courtney;
Doby Flowers;
Fred Flowers 		Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL W. Stanley Proctor 2004 Portrays Maxwell Courtney, the first African-American to enroll and graduate; Doby Flowers, the first black Miss Florida State University; and Fred Flowers, first black varsity athlete. [5]: 14 
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Little Rock, AR Jane DeDecker 2004
Statue of Fred Lee Douglas Fred Lee Douglas Frenchtown,Tallahassee, FL, 2004 Douglas was the first black policeman in Tallahassee assigned to a regular beat. [5]: 13 
Statue of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Ypsilanti, MI Jane DeDecker 2005
C. K. Steele Statue and Plaza Reverend C. K. Steele Tallahassee, FL David Lowe 2005 Tallahassee civil rights leader of the 1950s.

Harriet Tubman Memorial 		Harriet Tubman Manhattan, New York City, NY Alison Saar 2007
Ray Charles memorial Ray Charles Greenville, FL Bradley Cooley, Brad Cooley Jr 2006 He grew up in Greenville. [5]: 16 
29th Colored Regiment Monument 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment New Haven, CT Ed Hamilton 2008
Statue of Frederick Dogulass Frederick Douglass Harlem, New York City, NY Gabriel Koren 2009
Bust of Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Artis Lane 2009
Frederick Douglass Statue Frederick Douglass Talbot County Courthouse, Easton, MD Jay Hall Carpenter 2011 Douglass was from Talbot County. [6]
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Steven Weitzman 2013
Statue of Rosa Parks Rosa Parks U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Eugene Daub 2013
Sojourner Truth Memorial Sojourner Truth Esopus, NY Trina Greene 2013 Portrays her as a slave child. She was born in Esopus. [7]
Denmark Vesey Monument Denmark Vesey Hampton Park, Charleston, SC 2014 Portrayed as a carpenter, holding a Bible
Slavery Memorial Brown University, Providence, RI Martin Puryear 2014
Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD Andrew Edwards 2015 Douglass was from Marylander.
Benjamin Banneker statue Benjamin Banneker National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C. 2016 Statue stands in front of a plan of the City of Washington, which Banneker did not plan, design or survey (see Mythology of Benjamin Banneker and List of common misconceptions)
The Quest for Parity Octavius Catto Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Branly Cadet 2017
National Memorial for Peace and Justice Victims of lynching Montgomery, AL Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, Hank Willis Thomas, MASS Design Group 2018 Six acre site, with 805 hanging steel replicas of coffins.
Memorial to Enslaved Laborers Enslaved laborers at the University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 2020
Women's Rights Pioneers Monument Sojourner Truth Central Park, New York City, NY Meredith Bergmann 2020 Also Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton [8]
Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Mary McLeod Bethune U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Future To represent Florida, replacing statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved African Americans enslaved by the College of William & Mary College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA May 2022 [9]
Emancipation and Freedom Monument Emancipated slaves Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia Thomas Jay Warren 2021 replaces the Robert E. Lee Monument [10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Robert Gould Shaw Memorial". History and Culture: Boston African American National Historic Site, Massachusetts. National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2020..
  2. ^ "John Brown Statue, (sculpture)". Smithsonian American Art Museum: Art Inventory Catalog. Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS). Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020..
  3. ^ "Emancipation: A Statue and A Trail". Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2020..
  4. ^ Tauber, Peter (February 24, 1991). "Monument Maker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Florida Black Heritage Trail". Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. March 2011.
  6. ^ Smith, Clint (September 2020). "Looking for Frederick Douglass". The Atlantic: 18–21.
  7. ^ "Town to Unveil Sojourner Truth Statue". Mindful Walker. September 16, 2013. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  8. ^ Hines, Morgan (August 26, 2020). "'We have broken the bronze ceiling': First monument to real women unveiled in NYC's Central Park". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "William & Mary dedicates memorial to enslaved 'acknowledging our history'". WTVR. Associated Press. May 7, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  10. ^ Shivaram, Deepa (September 22, 2021). "An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed". NPR. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  11. ^ Coleburn, Caroline; Thompson, Cameron (September 22, 2021). "Emancipation and Freedom Monument unveiled on Brown's Island in Richmond". WTVR. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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