Protest - America Series (Land Where My Father Died)

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

A color screenprint on colored paper by Barbara Jones-Hogu. Printed on a light tan paper, the top third of the print has a stars and stripes design in quilt-like blocks of red, white, and blue. The blue blocks feature a white five-pointed shape that resembles both stars and human figures. The bottom two thirds of the print features a crowd of Black people marching with their right fists raised. The people in the foreground are dressed in yellow, red, and blue shirts. Inscribed in graphite on the bottom of the painting is [Protest - America Series] at left, [Artist Proof] at center and the artist's signature Barbara J. Jones 1969] at right.

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