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Walkers with the Dawn

Oil and collage on paper
Image size: 28 x 22 5/8 inches
2005

As Published in:
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 21: Art & Architecture

Created as an illustration to a poem of the same title by Langston Hughes, Walkers with the Dawn is a visual expression of the poet and artist’s shared hope for a new era of equality and opportunity for African Americans: “Being walkers with the dawn and morning/Walkers with the sun and morning/We are not afraid of night/Nor days of gloom/Nor darkness/ Being walkers with the sun and morning.” The two colorfully clad figures—leaning backwards and physically open to possibility—appear to have abandoned themselves to a joyful moment.

As Exhibited in:
Elevation from Within: The Study of Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2019–2024, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2019; Richardson Family Art Museum, Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2021; Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2022, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2023, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, 2024

 

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