Glenn Ligon

American (Bronx, New York, 1960)

We're Black and Strong (I)

1996
painting | screen print on unstretched canvas
Not currently on view in the museum
We're Black and Strong (I)
120 in. x 84 in. (304.8 cm x 213.36 cm)
Acquired 1996
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund: gift of Frances and John Bowes, Emily L. Carroll and Thomas W. Weisel, Collectors Forum, Susan and Robert Green, Danielle and Brooks Walker Jr., and Phyllis Wattis
© Glenn Ligon
96.245
Keywords

politics, social issues, protests, signs, banners, men, Million Man March, Day of Absence, Nation of Islam, African Americans


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