Arkansas
U.S. Capitol swaps statue of obscure Arkansas figure for mentor to Little Rock Nine
Arkansas will be represented by musician Johnny Cash and Daisy Bates, a civil rights leader, instead of two little-known figures from the 18th and 19th centuries in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
When Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues representing the state at the U.S. Capitol, there was little objection to getting rid of the existing sculptures. The statues that had stood there for more than 100 years were obsc... [4212 chars]
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