The US Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen Robert E Lee that was removed several years ago. An unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in the Capitol took place in Emancipation Hall, featuring Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader, Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s Republican governor, Virginia’s congressional delegation and Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic governor-elect. Johnson said more than 200 members of Johns’ family were on hand, listening
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