Description
Artwork Size: 18×24, Medium: Acrylics and Playing Cards on Panel Board, Location Depicted in Artwork: Wabbaseka, AR, Artist Statement: Arkansas had connections to many prominent figures in the Civil Rights Movement. Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, was a writer and leading figure of the Black Panther Party. Cleaver was known for leading the ?Free Huey? movement after Huey Newton was arrested for his confrontation with Oakland, California Police in March 1967.
