Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash is now the first professional musician to be honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol.

Janis Kearney spoke about her experiences with Bates as statues of Bates and singer Johnny Cash are to be unveiled in the coming year.

As a project nears completion to place statues of the civil rights leader and the singer in the U.S. Capitol, a class will examine their lives.

“Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon” is screening nationwide through Wednesday.

Approval has been given for the Bates statue to be cast, while the sculptor making the Cash statue has finished a clay model.

Hutchinson, who strongly supported replacing Arkansas' two statues, on Thursday got his first look at a clay model of the Cash statue.

Each afternoon through Thursday, people can meet sculptor Kevin Kresse and see the eight-foot statue of Cash at UA Little Rock.

The singer-songwriter will receive an honorary doctoral degree for her assistance in the restoration of Johnny Cash's boyhood home in Dyess.

Benjamin Victor is working on a clay model of the civil rights leader this week at UA Little Rock. Statues of Bates and singer Johnny Cash will eventually represent Arkansas in the U.S. Capitol.

The public can watch work being done on the Bates statue, while approval has been given for the design of the Cash statue. Both will represent Arkansas in the U.S. Capitol.