Hope Material:Bronze The sentimental African American angelic

The sentimental African American angelic figurine is hand-painted

and facing away from the observer

John Holyfield's Love Jones is a limited edition work of art depicting a-black couple lying outside a farm fence in a field of grass and flowers as the man serenades the woman with a harmonica

and a caption of the events that took place afterward

The fight for American independence was a transformative period that witnessed the courageous contributions of many unsung heroes

Hope Material:Bronze The sentimental African American angelicThis casting comes from the original mold used to create the Sacrifice figure in Mario Chiodo's, The Path of Thorns and Roses. Hope depicts an African American man holding the unbloomed "Rose of Freedom" as he stands on his tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression beneath him. The Path of Thorns and Roses is a bronze sculpture that resides at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. It was selected and commissioned by