acrylic on board: First Church, Congregational - looking from Venture Smith's headstone

 

"History Lesson"

Identifying a handful of locations where Black people were massacred in the name of white supremacy. At least three sites were thriving Black communities that were destroyed; two (Tusla OK, and Ocoee FL) were by Ku Klux Klan members - one a direct assault intended to prevent black citizens from voting in 1920. The other (Seneca Village)m was destroyed by bureacuratic intervention/

Acrylic on wood panel in shadow box. 12"x20"/30.5x50 cm (c) 2021 Will Brady

From the sketchbooks: Effects of Racism: Annals of Injustice

 

Black Lives Matter - chalk mural