From the Root:
The Martin Luther King Jr. memorial is set to open next month on the National Mall in Washington, after years of delay and controversy. It's about time. But the approaching dedication has me thinking about another African American who campaigned just as hard as Dr. King for equal rights and doesn't have a statue on the Mall, or anywhere else that I'm aware of. (Efforts long ago for a statue in Harlem, N.Y., failed.)
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