Chairman Fred Hampton--Rainbow Coalition Metal Print
by Ricardo Levins Morales
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Chairman Fred Hampton--Rainbow Coalition metal print by Ricardo Levins Morales. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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“We say we will work with anybody, and form a coalition with anybody, that has revolution on their mind.” –Fred Hampton... more
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“We say we will work with anybody, and form a coalition with anybody, that has revolution on their mind.” –Fred Hampton
On December 4, 1969, I woke up to the news that Chairman Fred Hampton, the dynamic young leader of the Chicago Black Panthers, had been killed that morning in a pre-dawn police raid. He was 21. Taking his life had been the purpose of the raid.
That day marked a shift in my life. I was already showing up to protests and devouring movement culture, but now I joined organizations, planned actions, and sold the newspapers of the Panthers and the Puerto Rican Young Lords Organization outside my high school.
Fred Hampton’s influence is still present in my organizer DNA and in my art. Key to that influence was the Rainbow Coalition, an alliance the Panthers fashioned along with the Young Lords and the Young Patriots. The latter was a white gang drawn from the southern migrant stream–poor, angry youth steeped in racist symbols. Instead of...
About Ricardo Levins Morales
I was born in the coffee growing mountains of western Puerto Rico and moved to the US at a time of great social upheaval. My art has grown up inseparable entwined with my activism and sense of community. Art, to me, is a collection of medicinal herbs and nutrients that can help individuals, communities and societies overcome the cultural toxins that keep them from making needed changes. I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where I work out of a storefront studio. I live in close relationship with the social movements, organizers and activists who inspire my work. Additional posters, notecards and buttons are available at my studio web store at www.rlmartstudio.com. You are welcome to browse both locations.
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