Teacher: Nancy Hale
School: New Technology High School, Napa, CA

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "In my art piece, I chose to use acrylic as my medium to match Sheyann’s bold ability to fight for what she believed, despite the warnings and threats she received. I divided the sky into fading red and blue sections, with the red representing the dark times she faced while participating in the mass meetings/marches, while the fading away to the blue sky shows lighter situations as she grew up after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed."

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