. >> reporter: a few years ago california-born kahinda wiley came face-to-face with them for the firstime. what did you see? >> i saw a spectacle that felt dreadful. i mean, it almost felt like it was designed to be menacing. to be in a black body walking through the streets of richmond and to see something that signifies the enslavement of your people, that's a little bit more heavy-duty. >> reporter: the 42-year-old artist decided to answer with a monument of his own. on tuesday, wiley's 27-foot-high bronze sculpture of a young black man on horseback was unveiled at virginia's museum of fine arts. the new statue was celebrated by virginia's governor ralph northam, who was mired in a black face scandal earlier this year. >> today we say welcome to a progressive and inclusive virginia. >> reporter: and by rich month's mayor, levar stony, who wanted the confederate statues removed. >> i don't believe they should be on grand boulevards like monument avenue. i think they should be found in museums and cemeteries and battlefields. >> reporter: thousands came out for the unveiling, many sta