{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/video-kaine-statement-ahead-of-unveiling-of-barbara-rose-johns-statue-in-us-capitol", "Video: Kaine Statement Ahead of Unveiling of Barbara Rose Johns Statue in U.S. Capitol", "2025-12-15", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "VA", "Tim Kaine", "K000384", "www.kaine.senate.gov", "kaine", "https://www.kaine.senate.gov/news", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement ahead of tomorrow\u2019s unveiling ceremony of the Barbara Rose Johns statue at the U.S. Capitol:\n\n\u201cThere is a line in the Book of Isaiah, \u2018And a little child shall lead them,\u2019 that reminds me of Barbara Rose Johns and the incredible bravery and leadership she displayed when she walked out of Moton High School in Farmville. I\u2019m thrilled that millions of visitors to the U.S. Capitol, including many young people, will now walk by her statue and learn about her story. May she continue to inspire generations to stand up for equality and justice.\u201d\n\nIn 1951, Barbara Rose Johns led her classmates in a strike to protest substandard conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School that led to legal action against Prince Edward County. That case became one of five that the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka when it declared segregation unconstitutional.\n\nBarbara Rose Johns was selected by the Commission on Historical Statues to replace the Robert E. Lee statue that was one of Virginia\u2019s two statues in the U.S. Capitol. In 2020, Kaine watched the Robert E. Lee statue being removed from the Capitol.\n\nVideo Kaine recorded of the Robert E. Lee statue\u2019s removal from the Capitol is available here.\n\nAs Lieutenant Governor, Kaine served on the commission that created the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial. When Kaine was Governor, he unveiled the Civil Rights Memorial featuring Barbara Rose Johns and others on Virginia Capitol Square in Richmond. Now, as Senator, Kaine looks forward to attending the unveiling of the new statue tomorrow.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/video-kaine-statement-ahead-of-unveiling-of-barbara-rose-johns-statue-in-us-capitol"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5766979195177555, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}