Feb 15, 2021 · Learn more about the Civil Rights Movement and artworks that illustrate the trials endured by Black Americans during their fight for equality.

Feb 15, 2022 · Together, let’s examine 10 artworks that defined the civil rights era. 1. David C. Driskell, Behold thy Son, 1956. Artist David C. Driskell relocated to the South at the end of the 1950s shortly after the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till.

Feb 12, 2014 · Throughout the 1960s, a decade marked by an ardent civil rights fight that swept the American nation, many artists found themselves on the side of a burgeoning protest movement. From assemblage artists to Minimalist masters to Pop Art figures, those working in a wide breadth of media turned to art as an act of political defiance.

Images created by Lyon, Fernandez, and many other artists played a pivotal role in shaping the public’s understanding of the civil rights movement and inspiring citizens to action. Today, photographers continue to pick up their cameras to highlight injustices.

Teaching Art and the Civil Rights Movement. Following current scholarship, Oh Freedom! expands our understanding of the length and breadth of the Civil Rights movement.

Oct 15, 2020 · Catlett’s “Target” and the 1968 piece “Black Unity,” a raised fist carved in mahogany, are two of the most iconic and lasting artworks in the continuing movement for civil rights. — Z ...

Feb 24, 2018 · Teaching students about the Civil Rights Movement is as important today as ever, and expressing political views through art remains a powerful tool in the struggle for equality and social justice. See how art helped shape the struggle for racial equality and social justice during the Civil Rights Era.

This collection contains art from the greater Civil Rights Movement from the 1950's-1970's. It also contains art from subsequent time periods that are connected in theme, topic, or concept to the greater Civil Rights Movement.

The High Museum of Art holds one of the most significant collections of photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. The works in this exhibition are only a small selection of the collection, which includes more than 300 photographs that document the social protest movement, from Rosa Parks’s arrest to the Freedom Rides to the tumultuous ...

Jan 20, 2020 · In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, seven curators have chosen the artworks they believe best defines the Civil Rights era.