Mixed Media Collage No. 5
Black Lives Matter Series: Integrashun | 2020 | Mixed Media; cut paper, oil, charcoal, ink, wrappers, and button on 100% cotton rag paper
Unless otherwise noted, photographs are royalty-free or part of the public domain. The following photographs used in the collage were obtained through Creative Commons and were modified for artistic purposes. Reasonable attempts were made to attribute credit. Errors or omissions will be corrected if found.
Credits:
Large detail of Ruby Bridges cut from "Detail of Exhibit on Ruby Bridges - Center for Civil and Human Rights - Atlanta - Georgia - USA" by Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Ruby Bridges and Federal Marshall cut from "Ruby Bridges first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South Nov 14th 1960" by neil.mohr is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Linda Brown, with younger sister Terry Lynn, 1954 cut from "Linda Brown" by Seattle Parks & Recreation is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Original credits: Linda Brown Carl Iwasaki | The LIFE Images Collection | Getty Images
"We Shall Overcome" is a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the civil rights movement.
Artwork © Erika Brask, 2020. All rights reserved. No part of this artwork may be reproduced or used in any form, or through any means — graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, downloading, information storage and retrieval systems — without written permission from the artist.