Teacher: Micah Snider
School: Wichita North High School, Wichita, KS

Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "In my visual interpretation, I included the image of Sylvia as an adult and as a child because Sylvia continues to be a hero from age eight to today. They are holding a newspaper announcing the news of schools being desegregated in California as a symbol for what Sylvia’s family has accomplished."

Read the artist's Impact Statement.

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