Injustice, Inequality, Bigotry, Black Power, Center Panel Detail

Title

Creator

Edward Mills

Description

The central figure of this scene is turned away from the viewer. Depending upon interpretation, he is either lifting the American flag to reveal the hidden face of the nation or pulling it down to conceal it. Behind the flag, in the foreground, robed Klansmen burn a cross. In the background on the left, a single eye peers out from behind the flag. In the sole of the main figure's shoe, a trio of chained, naked people is pictured, perhaps representing the hold of a slave ship. A portrait of John F. Kennedy looms large in this section, enmeshed with the stripes of the American flag.

Subject

1900-1999

Enslaved people

Presidents--United States

Flags--United States

Racism

White supremacy movements

Racial violence

Slave ships

Presidents--Assassination--United States

Additional Techniques

Mural painting

Format

JPEG

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0001.002

Rights

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Main Image

Injustice, Inequality, Bigotry, Black Power