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Domingo Ulloa, 1957

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Domingo Ulloa

...inspired by the 1967 Supreme Court decision that ordered an end to public school segregation in Arkansas and across the nation, also in the exhibition. The painting, based on news photos of the Little Rock Nine, a group of black high school students seeking to attend one of the most prestigious high schools in Little Rock, Ark. and who were beneficiaries of the Supreme Court's decision. Even so, when they showed up for their first day at the school, they had to be escorted by National Guardsmen, so great was the public sentiment against desegregation in general and their presence in particular. From the Autry Blog.

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Racism/Incident at Little Rock | Creative Resistance

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Domingo Ulloa ...inspired by the 1967 Supreme Court decision that ordered an end to public school segregation in Arkansas and across the nation, also in the exhibition. The painting, based on news

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In my 1999 book On the Bus with Rosa Parks - in this sequence, the titular sequence, I speculate not only on Rosa Parks' historic non-doing, her refusing to give up her seat on the segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 1955, but also speculate on any moment in history when one is suddenly confronted with a choice - what would one do.

Rosa

How she sat there,
the time right inside a place
so wrong it was ready.

That trim name with
its dream of a bench
to rest on. Her sensible coat.

Doing nothing was the the doing:
the clean flame of her gaze
carved by a camera flash.

How she stood up
when they bent down to retrieve
her purse. That courtesy.

from On the Bus with Rosa Parks (W W Norton & Co. Inc., 1999),first published in Georgia Review, Winter 1998, © Rita Dove 1998, used by permission of the author.

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How she sat there, the time right inside a place so wrong it was ready. That trim name with its dream of a bench to rest on. Her sensible coat. Doing nothing was the the doing: the clean flame...

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This song is still known today as the Black National Anthem.

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Kim Weston Lift Every Voice and Sing (Official Lyric Video) Wattstax LIVE

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Civil Rights Music Video "We Shall overcome" by Peter Seeger

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Illustration for "Look," May 16, 1967.

At 73, Rockwell had lost the energy to develop his work in the painstaking way of the previous half-century. Now he would often omit the intermediary step of preparing a detailed charcoal drawing before proceeding to paint in oil. In addition, his color perception was diminishing due to cataracts. Still, his work continued to reach an appreciative audience.

In his illustration of suburban integration in Chicago 's Park Forest community, Rockwell was secure in expressing his philosophy of tolerance. We can see the children will soon be playing with each other, but the face peering from behind a window curtain makes us wonder how the adults will fare.

Painting for "Look" story illustration "Negro in the Suburbs" by Jack Star, May 16, 1967
Norman Rockwell Art Collection Trust

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"New Kids in the Neighborhood" - Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) - Google Arts & Culture

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Illustration for "Look," May 16, 1967. At 73, Rockwell had lost the energy to develop his work in the painstaking way of the previous half-century. Now he ...

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I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare…