Artists have been chosen for statuary to replace those if former Gov. James Clarke and lawyer Uriah Rose in the nation’s hall of statuary in the U.S. Capitol . Behold Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash.

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Fund-raising is underway to pay for the replacements, authorized by the legislature

 

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