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SPEECH - Statue Of Civil Rights Leader Barbara Rose Johns Unveiled At U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: (SPEECH) Joan Johns Cobbs speaks "On April 23rd, 1951, at the age of 16, Barbara Rose Johns left 450 students out of R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia on a strike for a better school. Her courageous and fearless actions that day became part of Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, and ultimately helped to change the course of history in the nation. When in 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that segregation was unconstitutional and that separate from equal was inherently unequal. Barbara died September 25th, 1991 and left a drama of her thoughts. And I quote an excerpt from it. Quote. 'And then there were times I just prayed. God, please grant us the new school. Please let us have a warm place to stay where we don't have to keep our coats on all day to stay warm. God, please help us. We are your children too." during the unveiling of a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on December 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. In 1951, 16-year-old Johns led a walkout at her segregated Virginia high school to protest poor conditions for Black students. Johns will represent the state of Virginia as a replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee which was removed in 2020. (Footage by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: (SPEECH) Joan Johns Cobbs speaks "On April 23rd, 1951, at the age of 16, Barbara Rose Johns left 450 students out of R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia on a strike for a better school. Her courageous and fearless actions that day became part of Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, and ultimately helped to change the course of history in the nation. When in 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that segregation was unconstitutional and that separate from equal was inherently unequal. Barbara died September 25th, 1991 and left a drama of her thoughts. And I quote an excerpt from it. Quote. 'And then there were times I just prayed. God, please grant us the new school. Please let us have a warm place to stay where we don't have to keep our coats on all day to stay warm. God, please help us. We are your children too." during the unveiling of a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on December 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. In 1951, 16-year-old Johns led a walkout at her segregated Virginia high school to protest poor conditions for Black students. Johns will represent the state of Virginia as a replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee which was removed in 2020. (Footage by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Alex Wong
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