Crossroads of Protest: Historical Connections Between Racial Justice and Other Justice Movements
There are both historical and ongoing connections between the movement for racial justice and other social movements. This guide highlights the historical connection between the racial justice movement and the fight for a broad range of human rights.
Art and Protest
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Print Books about Art and Protest
Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics by Publication Date: 2019-10-29
Trespass: a History of Uncommissioned Urban Art by Publication Date: 2015-06-19
Whitewalling: Art, Race and Protest in 3 Acts by Publication Date: 2018-05-22
Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats by Publication Date: 2019-10-25
The Power of Feminist Art: The American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact by ISBN: 9780810926592Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Imprints of Revolution: Visual Representations of Resistance by Publication Date: 2016-05-06
Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today by Publication Date: 2009-10-01
eBooks about Art and Protest
The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Present by Publication Date: 2019-01-22
Conflict, Identity, and Protest in American Art by Publication Date: 2015-12-15
Civil Rights Childhood: Picturing Liberation in African American Photobooks by Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Post-Soul Satire: : Black Identity After Civil Rights by Publication Date: 2014-07-07
The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement by ISBN: 9780817388560Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Videos about Art and Protest
Websites about Art and Protest
- How It Feels to Be FreeAmerican Masters: How It Feels To Be Free tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process. Includes videos and written material.
- Signs from Black Lives Matter White House ProtestsThe Smithsonian started saving signs from Black Lives Matter protests outside the White House.
- How a South L.A. gallery is turning Black Lives Matter protest signs into artPeggy Sivert and Tatum Hawkins, who run SoLA Contemporary in Los Angeles have gathered dozens of protest signs and installed them in their storefront gallery space.
- Reconciliation Totem Pole Goes up at UBC"The University of British Columbia is now home to a 17-metre tall totem pole that represents the victims and survivors of Canada's residential school system."
- A Brief History of Protest Art"In the current political climate, artists are finding ways to be involved in politics. With an American administration that called the support of art and humanities not “prudent”, the creative population are taking it upon themselves to prove that art plays a vital role in society."
- An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017"An Incomplete History of Protest looks at how artists from the 1940s to the present [2017] have confronted the political and social issues of their day."
- Fifty Years Later, Black Panthers’ Art Still ResonatesFor text only: https://libproxy.pcc.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/docview/1829445059?accountid=8042
- Activist artists | 11 famous protest art examples"Over the last 100 years, artists have been outspoken protesters on issues from LGBTQ+ rights and feminism to equal-pay and anti-racism. Protest artwork can question, disturb and even change the status quo...Today, protest art is coming back into fashion, and – in a social media, visually-rich world – it is more important than ever."
- How Posters Helped Shape America and Change the WorldOne enthusiast’s collection, exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California, offers a sweeping look at grass-roots movements since the 1960s.