Freedman's Memorial — Attraction in Washington

I’ve been torn about this memorial for a while. It’s white savior visuals left a foul taste in my mouth, but the inscription changed my mind. It was paid for by people freed by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and the first donation was the very first dollar someone earned. Context is important and with the inscription it changes from a memorial to a white savior into a memorial to a man who tried to do what he thought was the...

A monument established and paid for by freed slaves, on April 14th 1876, flanked by Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglas himself made a speech there in dedication of their sacrifice. Famous African-American Abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet wanted the monument to serve a didactic purpose as a school where freedmen could elevate themselves...

Freemen donated to build it and so did black union soldiers. Fredrick Douglas spoke when it was put up. A Monument of a man that isn't kneeling anymore, but lifting his head up looking to the future. "Do not kneel before me, kneel only for your God."...