ニューヨーク近代美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク近代美術館Instagram)「“The whole of the United States was shaped by this incredible period that very few people talk about.” Bryan Stevenson, the founder and leader of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, reminds us that we can’t move forward without grappling with our troubled racial history. This panel from #JacobLawrence’s epic 60-panel “Migration Series” (1940-41) depicts a brutal riot that erupted in East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1917, among the most destructive in the wave of racial violence that swept the country during and after World War I, though it is now largely forgotten. Scores of African-American citizens were killed, hundreds were injured, and whole swaths of the city were burned. The violence spurred protests across the country. On July 28, 10,000 people joined a silent march down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, dressed in white and holding signs that demanded justice and equal rights for Black people across the nation. As we grieve with communities across the country impacted by intolerable tragedy and violence, and unite to find a better way forward, Stevenson helps us see Lawrence's work as a powerful “call for a new relationship with what it means to be treated fairly, what it means to be seen as equal, and what justice requires.” He’s made rethinking the way we tell American history a key aspect of EJI’s work (@eji_org). Learn more at the link in our bio. --- [Jacob Lawrence. One of the largest race riots occurred in East St. Louis,” from “The Migration Series.” 1940–41. © 2020 Jacob Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Silent protest against the East St. Louis riots, New York, 1917. Photo: Underwood & Underwood, New York. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]」6月2日 8時24分