Hope no. 1 and Hope no. 2 Left Panel Detail

Title

Creator

Maurice Ellison

Description

This mural, Ellison’s Hope no. 2, features various protest scenes. On the left, a mass of Black people stand together, embodying the central woman’s locket’s message: “To Unite We Must Stand Together Divided We Fall.” In the middle, there are several protest signs, as well as two portraits of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the US track athletes who protested during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In the background, a bald eagle holds a broken lynch rope in its beak and clutches the law in its talons, embodying Ellison’s persisting patriotism and faith in the law to protect Black Americans’ rights and safety. Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson are pictured on the right.

Inscription

To Unite We Must Stand Together Divided We Fall

This Is My Country To Have And To Hold But We Have Been Used

U.S.A. Track Team

Bible

Constitution Citizenship Amendments 14-15

This Is The Grave Of All The Black People That Were Equal Enough To Fight Wars For America, But They Were Not Equal Enough To Be Equal To Other Men In America...

Facts The Salvation Of The Black Man

The Law

Black People Please Wake Up Now

America Doesn't Want Her Black Citizens You See It From Her Treatments

Dark Races Are Victims Of America's Powerful Hand

Subject

Black art

Discrimination

Political organizations

Protest

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Olympics in art

Bald eagle in art

Medium

Tempera

Additional Techniques

Mural painting

Format

JPEG

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0301.001

Rights

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Main Image

Hope no. 1 and Hope no. 2