Black Power
Artist
Shirley Smith
(United States, 1929 - 2013)
Date1964
MediumMixed-media collage
DimensionsSIGHT: 40 x 49 1/2 in. (1,016 x 1,257.3 mm)
FRAME: 41 1/4 x 51 in. (104.8 x 129.5 cm)
FRAME: 41 1/4 x 51 in. (104.8 x 129.5 cm)
Object TypeDrawings
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of the estate of Shirley Smith
Object number2014.44
On View
Not on view• Black Power is an example of Smith’s unconventional use of found materials during the 1960s. It includes cardboard, cloth, and painter’s tape.
• In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
• Another major headline of the year was the Harlem Riot in New York City, a protest in response to the fatal shooting of a fifteen-year-old black boy by a white police officer. It resulted in 118 injuries and 465 arrests.
• In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
• Another major headline of the year was the Harlem Riot in New York City, a protest in response to the fatal shooting of a fifteen-year-old black boy by a white police officer. It resulted in 118 injuries and 465 arrests.
