3rdofmay:

The art: Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995.
The news: “‘Black Eden,’ the Town that Segregation Built,” by Amy Robinson for NPR News.
The source: Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark. 
Bonus: Don’t miss what Marshall said to Art21 about Our Town.

3rdofmay:

The art: Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995.

The news: “‘Black Eden,’ the Town that Segregation Built,” by Amy Robinson for NPR News.

The source: Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Ark. 

Bonus: Don’t miss what Marshall said to Art21 about Our Town.