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@ Tubman African American Musuem

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Iris print by Glenn Ligon.Ligon is known for multi-media works that are rich in symbolism, that requently employ appropriation or quotation, and commonly explore such issues as race, sexual identity, representation and language. The subject of this work is a placard carried by Memphis sanitation workers during a strike in 1968 that was the final civil rights march for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. The notations on the right side of the work describe the effects of time on the placard, and are a symbolic comment on the role and effects of race in contemporary society.Purchase of the Tubman African American Museum.

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Tubman African American Musuem

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Prints
  2. African Americans
  3. Assassination
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  6. Conceptual Art
  7. Digital Printing
  8. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  9. Memphis
  10. Prints, American
  11. Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
  12. Serigraphy
  13. Signs And Signboards
  14. Tennessee
  15. United States

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