Jul 4, 2014 · If there were a Black Mt. Rushmore, what African-American faces should be sculpted and chiseled into your mountain of black leaders?

Feb 28, 2019 · An example of the nation’s Depression-era engineering prowess and a testament to American freedom writ large, Gutzon Borglum’s Mt. Rushmore sculptural masterpiece is a world-renowned tourist attraction featuring the 465-foot visages of four American presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Feb 24, 2019 · One set of choices for an African-American Mt. Rushmore could be Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Robeson and Leon Sullivan, but we are aware reasonable...

Jul 5, 2019 · While there are many Americans who deserve a spot on Mount Rushmore, I would like to see a carving of Ida. B. Wells, a black woman whose life and ideas embodied the American ideals of...

Feb 10, 2018 · Stone Mountain is the Mount Rushmore of the Confederacy, only bigger. So big, a stonecutter could duck out of a downpour inside a horse’s mouth. Robert E. Lee is as tall as a nine-story building. Jefferson Davis’ nose is the size of a sofa.

Dec 18, 2015 · Americans will quickly recognize Mount Rushmore as a national symbol, many are not aware of its history. The memorial has a di. ect connection to American expansionism in the Black Hills, land that originally belonged to the Lakota. Historians have thoroughly analyzed the history of Mount Rushmore, th.

Jan 21, 2013 · The coincidence that Barack Obama, the nation's first black president, begins his second term on the day that commemorates Martin Luther King poses this question: In the pantheon of...

Jul 29, 2020 · We found the monument had a dark history of ties to the KKK, an illegal war, and the violent suppression of the Native American Lakota (also known as Sioux) people. We looked at each claim in the...

The Black Hills is a work of art illustrating an African-American Mt. Rushmore with Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.