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Directions:
1. Watch the video: 'It's our duty': How Black Artists are Healing Their Communities: Three local artists explain how the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired their work
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2. Read the article: Black Lives Matter movement has impact on artists - and they have our attention
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3. In addition to the art that is included in the article "Black Lives Matter movement has impact on artists and they have our attention", review the selection of BLM art below. Select the artwork that interests you the most.
4. Read the article in the column to the right of the artwork for context.
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The Story behind the Mural at the George Floyd Memorial Source citation: Sayej, Nadja. "The Story behind the Mural at the George Floyd Memorial." Forbes, 4 June 2020, www.forbes.com/sites/nadjasayej/2020/06/04/the-story-behind-the-mural-at-the-george-floyd-memorial/?sh=232be15e27f1. Accessed 23 Mar. 2021.
Image citation: Minneapolis, Minnesota, George Floyd Memorial at 38th and Chicago Who was Killed by Police.. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Jan 2021. |
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New York City-based muralist Steve Epso Powers, with the help of other artists, painted this piece across boarded-up walls outside the Daryl Roth Theater. It includes the names of 40 Black individuals who have lost their lives at the hands of police.
Image citation: Weiss, Angela. Black Lives Matter Mural on Union Square, NYC. 12 June 2020. Conde Nast Traveler, 30 July 2020, www.cntraveler.com/gallery/black-lives-matter-murals-around-the-world-from-kenya-to-ireland. Accessed 24 Mar. 2021.
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Large mural of Breonna Taylor being painted in historically Black neighborhood in Maryland July 2, 2020
Image citation: Folley, Aris. Large Mural of Breonna Taylor Being Painted in Historically Black Neighborhood in Maryland. The Hill, Capitol Hill Publishing, 2 July 2020, thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/505705-large-mural-of-breonna-taylor-being-painted-in-historically. Accessed 23 Mar. 2021. |
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Virginia governor banishes statue of Civil War General Lee June 4, 2020 Article in World News Digest database
Dead White Men Get their Say in Court as Virginia tries to Remove Robert E. Lee Statues June 17, 2020
Origin Story of Monument Avenue, America's Most Controversial Street July 27, 2020
Image citation: McDonnell, John. Richmond's Towering Robert E. Lee Statue Is Transformed by Protests following the Killing of George Floyd. The Conversation, 19 June 2020, theconversation.com/dead-white-men-get-their-say-in-court-as-virginia-tries-to-remove-robert-e-lee-statues-140813. Accessed 23 Mar. 2021.
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Mourners flock to John Lewis mural in Atlanta to honor ‘true hero’
Image citation: Griffin, Paras. The Mural of the Late Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta. 18 July 2020. Fox 5 Atlanta, 18 July 2020, www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-mayor-orders-flags-lowered-to-half-staff-to-honor-john-lewis. Accessed 24 Mar. 2021. |