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These Depression-Era Murals About George Washington Feature Fraught Imagery. Should They Be Removed?

VISUAL Posted: April 12, 2019 6:03 am

“In the debate over the 13 murals that make up The Life of Washington, at George Washington High School [in San Francisco], one side, which includes art historians and school alumni, sees an immersive history lesson; the other, which includes many African-Americans and Native Americans, sees a hostile environment. … [The muralist] depicted Washington, accurately, at a time when that was rarely acknowledged, as a slave owner and the leader of the nation that annihilated Native Americans.” – The New York Times

VISUAL Published: 04.11.19, sj

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