The First Five

Bronze and pink TN marble base, approximately 10 x 9 x 6 feet, commission for East Tennessee State University

The statue honors ETSU’s first African American students: Eugene Caruthers, Elizabeth Watkins Crawford, Clarence McKinney, George L. Nichols and Mary Luellen Owens Wagner. Brantley worked closely with the honorees and their families to bring their likeness and legacy to life.