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Walnut Shell Blasting Restores Statue of Avery Alexander
2015-07-28 12:31:07| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The Monumental Task Committee of New Orleans, LA used Walnut Shell Blasting to restore the statue of Civil Rights leader Avery Alexander. Avery Alexander, whose statue is called "The Crusader," served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976-1999, and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As the...
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'Relic of Racism': Group Seeks Removal of Former Mayor's Statue
2015-07-08 09:29:49| Automakers - Topix.net
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan wants Dearborn officials to remove from public property a statue of former longtime mayor Orville Hubbard, an outspoken segregationist. On city owned property at Michigan and Schaefer stands a 10-foot bronze edifice that is seen, depending on who is asked, as either a monument to the city's golden era or - as the civil rights group that wants it removed from public property suggests - a "relic of racism."
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Typo corrected on Ernie Pyle statue at Indiana University
2015-06-12 08:56:51| Toys - Topix.net
The bronze statue of the famed World War II journalist on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University had misspelled the word "correspondent" by dropping an "r." But on Wednesday, a bronze artist from Detroit fixed the typographical error.
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The divisive South African statue
2015-03-25 01:31:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Statue becomes symbolic target in South African university
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Texas Instruments funds statue of female engineer on Illinois' campus
2015-03-20 19:43:33| Semiconductors - Topix.net
At a dedication this week for two spaces named for Texas Instruments Incorporated in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, Steve Lyle remarked on the company's next step in supporting engineering students at Illinois: funding for a statue depicting a female engineer, intended to inspire current and future women who aspire to attain a degree and career in engineering. Lyle, TI's director of engineering workforce development and university marketing, sees the company's support as a reflection of its belief that diversity fuels innovation within science, technology, engineering and math disciplines.
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