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By 1973, artists began their role in the beautification of Chicano Park by painting murals that educated their community and explained the issues they faced. Those issues ranged from immigration, farm ...
Chicano murals entered Orange County in the 1970s at the height of el movimiento. Academics praised the works that popped up in barrios; the murals tackled everything from police brutality to ...
From the base of a pillar on a bridge over Chicano Park, artist Berenice Badillo ... an elderly woman ripping apart images that depict racism or police brutality. In the new one, two young girls ...
They created their own avenues in the form of public performances, murals ... Chicano Moratorium, an anti-Vietnam War movement during which many Mexican Americans were victims of police brutality.
Their mural took several ... that he's had to deal with police brutality and the criminal justice system first hand. And he thinks it's important that we see the Chicano Moratorium in the context ...
A new mural ... during the Chicano civil rights movement. They also lobbied at City Council meetings seeking better employment opportunities, sometimes even getting escorted out by police, he ...
They created their own avenues in the form of public performances, murals ... Chicano Moratorium, an anti-Vietnam War movement during which many Mexican Americans were victims of police brutality.
Modeled after the Black Panthers, the Brown Berets worked to improve local schools, end police brutality and ... underneath the eye-popping murals depicting the Chicano Movement that are painted ...
The highly visible location of the Police Brutality murals drew attention to an ongoing problem, sparked conversations and added to the search for solutions. The city has committed to creating a ...