Model of the monument shows the posts nearly envelop the viewer, yet the separated posts and open entrance help the design remain spacious. Preliminary designs of a monument that will commemorate the more than two million enslaved Africans who died during the grueling middle passage journey from the west coast of Africa to the Americas were presented on June 30 to the Newport Tree and Open Space Commission. The monument, which will be situated …
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