Title
In The Spirit Of Contribution, Los Angeles, 1990
Creator
Description
In the spirit of contribution, Los Angeles, 1990, La Salle Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets. The mural is dedicated to the contributions made by African Americans and Latinos to building the United States. The left side is dominated by images from the black history, including an African playing a traditional horn, music legend Duke Ellington, dancer Bill "Bojangels" Robinson, singer and political activist Paul Robeson, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, and opera singer Marian Anderson. On the mural's right, prominent Mexicans, such as revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, artist Frida Kahlo, and peasant leader Benito Juarez are depicted. In Nova Color acrylic, 120' x 6-10' by Bernard Hoyes and local high school students. Sponsored by Reverend Cecil Murray of the First A.M.E. Church -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 215, #37.
Subject
Date
Format
Contributor
Access Rights
Image is displayed for education and personal research only. For individual rights information about an item, please check the “Description” field, or follow the link to the digital object on the content provider’s website for more information. Reuse of copyright protected images requires signed permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder of this item and its use online constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please contact us by email at rhizomes@umn.edu to discuss its removal from the portal.