Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., the first African American astronaut and a Bradley University graduate, was honored with a statue on Bradley’s Olin Quad on Friday. The unveiling ceremony featured a sizable ...

President Trump announces the National Garden of American Heroes will have the following statues of African American icons: The National Garden of American Heroes, unveiled by President Trump in ...

including countless Black American icons." Golf legend Tiger Woods made an appearance at the celebratory reception. Trump joked that a statue of Woods would be "saved for another time." ...

Kobe Bryant is memorialized throughout Los Angeles with two statues at Star Plaza outside ... the five-time NBA champion is among the African American icons who will be commemorated "with the ...

A statue in Philadelphia will soon commemorate ... "She became the first African American, regardless of gender, to have a PhD," Alexander-Minter said. "However, she couldn't get a job because ...