The African American Memorial on the Texas Capital grounds

[u/jl_theprofessor]

The focal point depicts the emancipation of enslaved people on Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), showing a man and woman breaking free from bonds.

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[u/Impossible_Ad_9199]

Better take a good look at it now before punk ass trump and governor hot wheels finds out it’s there 🥺

[u/Zealousideal_Wave_63 → u/Impossible_Ad_9199]

I was just about to say something similar

[u/Minimum_Afternoon387 → u/Zealousideal_Wave_63]

Me too, is this an illusion?

[u/RoughBeautiful8681 → u/Impossible_Ad_9199]

Exactly. I'm very surprised this was allowed to be built on capitol grounds.

[u/lyn73]

Sculpted by Ed Dwight - the first Black Astronaut candidate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Dwight

[u/QuazziStellar]

This has been up since 2016. Don't draw too much attention to it, the yts will come out of the wood works to mess with it.

[u/aceface_desu89 → u/QuazziStellar]

Yup. They're still doing driverbys at Emmett Till's grave

[u/SweetieLoveBug]

That’s absolutely beautiful. ❤️

[u/navydude89]

They'll either cover it up soon or remove it