On September 4th 1957 the 15 year old Elizabeth Eckford, and 8 other African American students attempted to enter the Little Rock Central high school. This image depicts Eckford being followed by an angry white crowd who threatened to lynch her. National Guard, under orders from Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus barred Eckford from entering the school and she was forced to turn back.
The small physical scale of these drawings is meant to bring attention to the grand scale of these events, both physically and in their lasting impressions on our national psychology. There are a few defining moments in each generation’s collective memory that we all remember, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, 9/11. These drawings explore that national collective experience in small meditative vignettes.
- Created: March 26, 2020
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