Maryland artist chosen to create U.S. Capitol statute 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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