Gideon Resnick

Treesman told us a bit about Barbara's life story.

She was born in New York, but went to school in Farmville, Virginia, where she started to notice how inferior her school was compared to the one for white kids.

And in 1951, she gathered all 450 students and organized a mass walkout.

Her sister Joan Johns Cobbs was by her side that day.

And in 2019, she spoke to The 74, an education news site.

Their strike lasted two weeks, and it caught the attention of the NAACP.

Their resulting fight for new schools reached the courts, and that had a big ripple effect.

The statue depicts Barbara Rose Johns as her teenage self in a rallying cry and holding a book in the air.

She's joining Illinois' Frances Willard, California's Ronald Reagan, and Arkansas' Johnny Cash, among others.

And Treisman said that the timing of the unveiling was notable as well.

After the walkout, Barbara had safety concerns and moved to Alabama to finish her studies.

She went to university and later returned to education as a librarian for Philadelphia Public Schools.

She died in 1991 and left behind five children.

Her old school is among a list of civil rights landmarks across the country that are being considered as a collective UNESCO World Heritage Site.

And finally, a few other stories we're following.

In what amounted to a pretty stunning revolt in the House of Representatives, four Republicans broke with House Speaker Mike Johnson's position on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.

As you heard on the show yesterday, Johnson forged ahead with a GOP bill that didn't address those subsidies.

That bill passed easily in the House, but has little chance in the Senate.

The dissenting Republicans, meanwhile, signed on to a Democratic-led discharge petition, which means there are now enough votes to bypass the speaker and bring the issue to the House floor.

A vote is set for early January.