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2024 Myself Is Her Own by Marcellous Lovelace

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April 26, 2017

“I AM A MAN”

by Marcellous Lovelace

In 1968, after years of complaints about poor pay and dangerous conditions, two Memphis sanitation workers were crushed to death in a garbage compactor. 10 days later 1,300 black sanitation workers met and agreed to strike and over the coming weeks faced escalating police retaliation. In an address to the strikers Rev. James Lawson said “For at the heart of racism is the idea that a man is not a man, that a person is not a person. You are human beings. You are men. You deserve dignity,” and the phrase “I AM a man” became the rallying cry. In 2014 Chicago artist Marcellous Lovelace used his “modern graffiti style” to transform the 1968 photography of Richard L. Copley into this powerful message to a new generation. Lovelace’s design was installed on this South Main Street wall by Memphis artist BLK75.  @marcellouslovelace  

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(via 2019 Earth to the Sun art by Marcellous Lovelace @infinito2017 #MarcellousLovelace)

https://society6.com/art/2019-earth-to-the-sun-art-by-marcellous-lovelace

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2022 Disregarded Extraction for Noise by Marcellous Lovelace Original folks in our darkness we are Colored. In our story we are Black from the Blackest hues we are all of the solar energy of wealthy gene! #75dab #MarcellousLovelace #blackart #art #raygun81 #painting #Africanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CpM2R34uZ2q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2022 Said I Stay FLY Fades by Marcellous Lovelace Don't ever be fake always stay Fresh #blackart #biko70 #75dab #MarcellousLovelace #painting #raygun81 #panafrican #africanart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp42oY9rfzz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2022 Taking Back What Was Stolen Us Marcellous Lovelace The life of a people has been stolen from them, it's your job to take it back! #blackart #raygun81 #MarcellousLovelace #75dab #biko70 #art #Africanart #panafrican #drawings #revolt https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp__yQlul3c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2022 Trapped In A War Zone by Marcellous Lovelace If the land thief had to return land when It's all Stolen Land, This would end all colonial oppressors on earth, they don't belong anywhere! Only you can free yourself from this! #MarcellousLovelace #75dab #biko70 #blackart #Raygun81 #panafrican #art #painting #Africanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CofyF8pS26T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Another day to be healthy and serve a purpose... It's your time, your life be very consistent, communicate clearly and remain disciplined with your order #raygun81 #biko70 #art #75dab #blackart #marcellouslovelace #coloredart #Africanart #ether https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj_A9L_JmWd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=