![]() ![]() Image courtesy of Annapolis Discovered.īut the most visible, and likely the most photographed, statue in Annapolis and perhaps all of Maryland is the one found in the heart of downtown Annapolis: the Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial at City Dock. Supreme Court, to the newest statues in town, honoring the famed Black abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, in the State House.Īlex Haley Memorial at City Dock in Annapolis. ![]() the Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that struck down “separate but equal” school segregation, and was the first African American appointed to the U.S. ![]() ![]() A few of the most visible include one honoring Baron Johann De Kalb, a German-born Revolutionary War hero, outside the Maryland State House, and another honoring General George Washington, who resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the Old Senate Chamber, inside it.īut unlike many American cities, Annapolis also memorializes many Black individuals who have made a pivotal, though often overlooked, impact on our history – from one statue honoring Thurgood Marshall, who in arguing Brown vs. Like most American cities rich in colonial history, Annapolis has its fair share of statues honoring white men who played a central role in it. ![]()
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