File:Mary McLeod-in-Lincoln Park.jpg

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Robert Berks  (1922–2011)  wikidata:Q7342052
 
Description American artist and sculptor
Date of birth/death 26 April 1922 Edit this at Wikidata 16 May 2011 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Boston Edit this at Wikidata New York Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1950 Edit this at Wikidata–2010 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q7342052
Author
Rudi Williams for the US Military
Description
A larger-than-life-size statue of African American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune by Robert Berks stands in Lincoln Park in southeast Washington. Among many other contributions to the nation, Bethune fought for better conditions for African Americans in the armed forces during World War II. Description of statue: An older woman hands something to two young children.
Date 1973. Dedicated July 10, 1974.
Dimensions Sculpture: approx. 10 x 15.5 x 9 ft.; Base: approx. 5 ft. 5 in. x 25 ft. x 20 ft.
References https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?term=IAS+76005079&index=.NW&x=10&y=13
Source/Photographer http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=45081

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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art.

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