Crowley, Tony
Description
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at to walk to Holy Cross primary school through a Protestant area. 'Everyone has the right to live free from sectarian harassment'; left panel, depiction of black schoolgirl, Elizabeth Eckford, one of the 'Little Rock Nine' (from a photograph by Will Couts), entering Central High, Little Rock, Arkansas; 'Arkansas 57'; middle panel, mother taking two Holy Cross children to school, 'It's Black and White', 'Loyalist Bigotry' slogan on wall behind; right panel, screaming child with policeman in riot gear in background, 'Ardoyne, 01. Shopfront, ''the Irish News' (local newspaper).Republican
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Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
