Hope Material:Bronze The sentimental African American angelic

The sentimental African American angelic figurine is hand-painted

for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these

and facing away from the observer

and a caption of the events that took place afterward

a beam of light radiating from her body and a beautiful flower garden which represents the true color of her real self

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