Final Project Topic & Annotated Bibliography

Topic: the importance of faces and symbols within the artworks devoted to the civil rights movement

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/soul_of_a_nation

Soul of a Nation at the Brooklyn Museum focuses on 20 years of post-civil rights movement art depicting various leaders in the artworks.

https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2016/07/09/how-do-black-lives-matter-in-momas-collection/

MoMa’s gallery consists of the injustices committed against blacks in the civil rights movement, before and after.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/676458

“Let My People Go” shows the continuous struggle for black Americans expressed in the Harlem Renaissance, tied into the symbolism of slavery and the Biblical story of Egyptian captivity of the Hebrews.

Article 1: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/12/civil-rights-art_n_4769268.html

This article displays many of the artists contributing their art to the cause of civil rights during the Civil Rights Movements.  It is a showcase for the different artists and forms of art that took part in this movement.

Article 2: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-power-of-imagery-in-advancing-civil-rights-72983041/

This article focuses on the importance that images have in shaping self perception and unification of a movement.  It describes how important civil rights artists’ roles were in their movement.

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