I remember watching Ms Bridges walking to school surrounded by federal agents. I thought she was incredibly brave. I still do. She was one of my heroes. I remember asking my father why she just couldn't go to her neighborhood school like I did. I didn't agree with the answer he gave me: that people hated her because of her color. I didn't understand them then and still don't.
I can’t even imagine the courage it took and takes to stand up against such a tsunami of hate. And Rockwell’s canvas is so powerful. I’d seen it in photographs but the first time I saw it on a gallery wall - the child’s straight backed posture, that single squashed tomato - my eyes filled. I guess that’s the power of great art.
I remember watching Ms Bridges walking to school surrounded by federal agents. I thought she was incredibly brave. I still do. She was one of my heroes. I remember asking my father why she just couldn't go to her neighborhood school like I did. I didn't agree with the answer he gave me: that people hated her because of her color. I didn't understand them then and still don't.
I can’t even imagine the courage it took and takes to stand up against such a tsunami of hate. And Rockwell’s canvas is so powerful. I’d seen it in photographs but the first time I saw it on a gallery wall - the child’s straight backed posture, that single squashed tomato - my eyes filled. I guess that’s the power of great art.
I was unaware, but not surprised, that *The Post* had prohibited Rockwell from portraying Black Americans in anything other than domestic laborers.
Brown v. BoE was such a significant Supreme Court ruling, I remember having to memorize the year of it.