Hope waiting Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

Oprah Winfrey

"A Mother's Prayer Figurine" serves as a poignant reminder of the power of prayer and the bond between a mother and her child

Charles Randel

This release was originally commissioned by the First Church of God Christian Center of Evanston

Hope waiting Kwame NkrumahThis 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