Ed Hamilton

Ed Hamilton is nationally known for his public sculptures, monuments to the struggles and achievements of black Americans and Africans. His monuments to individual African Americans include the Booker T. Washington Memorial Garden at Hampton University in Virginia and the Joe Louis Memorial in Detroit. Hamilton also has created sculptures commemorating the achievements of groups of Africans or African Americans. His Amistad Memorial, recalling the 1839 revolt of kidnapped Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad, was unveiled in New Haven, Connecticut in 1992. In Washington, D.C., Hamilton’s The Spirit of Freedom commemorates black Americans who fought in the Civil War. Of his former teacher Mary Ann Currier, he says, “She was one of the best teachers—kind and considerate.”

Hamilton’s web site includes examples of his works along with information about how monuments are created.