June 30, 2021 - 6:26 PM
CHICAGO (AP) â
A monument to journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was unveiled Wednesday in Chicago.
Officially called The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument, the commemoration created by sculptor Richard Hunt was dedicated in the South Side neighborhood where Wells lived out her life.
The monument has three bronze columns that support intertwined bronze sheets twisted into coils and spirals. One observer had trouble describing the abstraction at the top of the monument, asking if it was hat or a crown of thorns. She was more certain about the columns.
âIt is interesting,â spectator Roberta Trotter told the Chicago Tribune. âI just want to know what the artist thinks before I say more. But I do see a strong base. That, I understand â Ida was a strong woman.â