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Results for "African American"
18 monuments found.
Reverend Benjamin J. Lowry
Lowry Triangle
Brooklyn
Bust on pedestal
Ronald McNair
Dr. Ronald McNair Park
Brooklyn
Bust (life size) recessed in pyramidal monument, two plaques with reliefs
Shirley Chisholm Plaque
Brooklyn
Plaque inset into natural boulder.
Soul In Flight: Arthur Ashe Memorial
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens
Standing male figure, left arm pointing upward, with integral plinth bolted to a plate on a footing, surrounded by a planting bed contained within low wall bearing inscriptions
Tomorrow's Wind
Thomas Jefferson Park
Manhattan
Plate segments sandwiched together and filled with grid
Tree of Hope III
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Malls
Manhattan
Polychrome sculpture
Triumph of the Human Spirit
Thomas Paine Park
Manhattan
Fountain: circular basin supports a colossal composition consisting of a horizontal member lying across the basin with one end resting against a boulder; the horizontal form supports a tall, vertical form resembling an inverted dagger; plaque
Women's Rights Pioneers Monument
Manhattan
Group of one standing and two seated figures (over life size) on integral plinth and pedestal
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