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Valor Family - It's getting dark

2015

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A digital art poster featuring an image of a panel from Brotherman comics. The panel depicts a man named Len and the Valor family standing behind a yellow car. Len is standing on the left and is wearing a brown hat, black jacket and grey turtleneck sweater. A speech bubble above his head reads “LET ME GIVE YOU A RIDE / IT’S GETTING DARK.” Antonio Valor is standing next to Len and has his arms wrapped around a young girl wearing a brown jacket and yellow backpack. Carmen Valor is standing on the left and is wearing a blue headband and brown jacket. Three speech bubbles are pointing towards her. The one at top reads “IT’S OK LEN WE’RE ONLY / GOING A COUPLE OF BLOCKS / LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAY.” The speech bubble to the right reads “WE SHOULDN’T BE / AFRAID TO WALK / OUR OWN STREETS.

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Catalog reference: 2017.116.6.2

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