But the US Capitol building was actually built mostly by enslaved African Americans, according to the Architect of the Capitol, the steward of landmark buildings in Washington, DC. When Congress ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Many D.C. natives and visitors to the National Mall have heard the stories behind the buildings and the monuments, but the Black history has not always been told. Jesse J.

A coalition of Black women leaders and activists ... hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images ...

The statue will be dedicated Wednesday at 11 a.m. in National Statuary Hall, making it the first of a Black person ... with the United States Capitol Building in the background.