Black women are mostly missing from Capitol art. This lawmaker has a suggestion

over 4 years in Roll Call

Rosa Parks sits alone among the hundreds of artworks dotting the Capitol. The civil rights icon is the only Black woman currently memorialized in a full-length statue. Boosting representation is an “immediate need,” according to Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, who wants to see another trailblazer installed at the Capitol — Shirley Chisholm, the first Black […]
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