VISUAL ARTS
ART FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Long before the phrase Art Activism was ever coined, art played an integral role in the Civil Rights Movement. Here are a few iconic artworks that poignantly captured the movement during times when words merely couldn‘t express themselves. If you are interested in seeing more artwork inspired by the Civil Rights movement, please check out Detroit Institute of Art’s online exhibit Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement .
Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room Ongoing Met Museum [ NY]
Charles Henry Alston Walking 1958
Spike Lee: Creative Sources Now - February 4, 2024 Brooklyn Museum of Art [ NY]
Jacob Lawrence Soldiers and Students 1962
In the Spirit of Àṣẹ Now - March 10, 2024 Newark Museum of Art
Norman Rockwell The Problem We All Live With 1964
Gordon Parks Department Store 1956
Henry Taylor: B Side Now - January 28, 2024 Whitney Museum
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