commemorative marker at the visitor center honors the work of laborers, including enslaved African Americans, in building the US Capitol

commemorative marker at the visitor center honors the work of laborers, including enslaved African Americans, in building the US Capitol

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Capitol Rioters Shouted 'This is our house.' But the Capitol was built by enslaved Black Americans

"This is our country; this is our house," one rioter told a reporter while storming the US Capitol last week in support of President Donald Trump.