Crusaders of Freedom

Artist: Meta Vaus Warrick Fuller
Title: Crusaders of Freedom
Date: 1962
Medium: bronze
Description: Commissioned for the William J. Walls Heritage Hall at Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC, the Crusaders for Freedom depicts three notable members of Bishop Walls' historic abolitionist church, the Thomas Memorial AME Zion in Watertown, NY-- Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883), Frederick Douglas (c. 18917-1895), Harriett Tubman (c. 1822-1913). Fuller received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) for her bronze tondo relief bronze.