Century Street Project Reflection
For this project we had to paint a recreation of an art piece that represented major American issues for a spcecific decade. We chose the 1950's and tackled the issue of segregation and civil rights. The painting we chose to represent this era was The Problem We All Live With, since it depicted Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to attend an elementary school in the deep South. Throughout the process of painting our recreation we also studied other aspects of the Civil Rights movement, such as Brown v. Board, the Selma march, and the Mongomery Bus Boycott.
Below you can read the statement I and another teammate wrote for the painting, along with our recreation:
During the 1950s, almost all aspects of American life were affected by segregation. That changed in the 1954, with the Brown v. Board of Education case and the Supreme Court’s decision that ruled that “separate, but equal” was a fallacy, a milestone in the Civil Rights movement. This painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell, was based on Ruby Bridges a six year old, who became the first African-American child to integrate into a white Southern elementary school, and had to be escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Integration was a slow and difficult process, but it provided many with more opportunities.
Below you can read the statement I and another teammate wrote for the painting, along with our recreation:
During the 1950s, almost all aspects of American life were affected by segregation. That changed in the 1954, with the Brown v. Board of Education case and the Supreme Court’s decision that ruled that “separate, but equal” was a fallacy, a milestone in the Civil Rights movement. This painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell, was based on Ruby Bridges a six year old, who became the first African-American child to integrate into a white Southern elementary school, and had to be escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Integration was a slow and difficult process, but it provided many with more opportunities.