Police Officers Grab a Black Man

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0069/DSC_4845-2.jpg; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0069/DSC_4845.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Police Officers Grab a Black Man
Date: c. 1970
Creator: Bennie Settles See all items with this value
Description: Settles' painting tackles the ongoing issue of police brutality against and harassment of Black Americans. The fluid swirls on the men's clothing, the anxious onlookers, and the white officer's drawn baton illustrate the high intensity and precarious emotion of the piece.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; Race relations See all items with this value; Civil rights See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Racial violence; Police brutality; Black art; Discrimination
Type: Painting
Medium: acrylic on board
Measurements: 35 3/4 in x 24 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc19
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0069
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection