NEW YORK --- Perpetually crowded Times Square has a new statue for pedestrians to navigate --- but it's unlike any other. Artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled his biggest work ever Friday, a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. Called "Rumors of War," it flips the script on traditional statutes commemorating white generals. Wiley described his bold work as a call to arms for inclusivity. He told The Associated Press afterward that he hoped young people would see it and "see a sense of radical possibility --- this, too, is America." The project was born when Wiley saw Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart'...
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