This image provided by Basil Watson shows the sculptor’s proposal for a statue honoring Reconstruction hero Robert Smalls at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. (Basil Watson via AP) ...

A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist who ...

COLUMBIA — A group studying where to put South Carolina's first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls' statue should be staring down a notorious white ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A state panel has decided where a monument memorializing Civil War hero Robert Smalls will stand on the South Carolina State House grounds and what it will look like.

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Carolina selects first monument at statehouse to honor an African American hero This image from the ...

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This image from the Library of Congress Brady-Handy photograph collection shows a portrait of Robert Smalls created between 1870 and 1880. (Library of Congress via AP) ...