The Original Wall Of Respect
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating black literary figures, Chicago, IL, 1967. It shows the following figures (left to right): W.E.B. Dubois, James Baldwin, Lerone Bennett, LeRoi Jones, Gwendolyn Brooks, and John Killen. The mural was on 43rd and Langley in Chicago's South Side and was conceived by OBAC (The Organization of Black American Culture). It depicts images of "Black Heroes" as positive role models for identity, community formation, and revolutionary action. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)
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01 January, 1967
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page 7 copy
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