Separated mother and child removed from Brown v. Board mural
Source: Associated Press
Updated 9:22 am, Tuesday, June 26, 2018
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The image of an immigrant child clinging to her mother has been removed from a mural near the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic site in Kansas.
The Kansas City Star reports that the image was painted over Monday.
The 130- by 30-foot (40- by 9-meter) mural tells the story of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended segregated education and faces a former all-black school in Topeka where the lead plaintiff's child was a student.
Artist bj McBride says she added the mother and child to the mural Friday following reports of the separation of parents and children at the U.S. border. She later decided it was "distracting."
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BY MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS
mdwilliams@kcstar.com
Updated June 25, 2018 06:18 PM
A mural commemorating the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case was almost complete when one of its artists painted in a last-minute addition: an immigrant child clinging to her mother.
It was a silent protest against the Trump administration's policy of separating parents and children arrested at the U.S. border. It was soon removed.
The image of the child was added Friday to the 130-foot-wide, 30-foot-tall mural on the side of Topeka's Hill & Co. building, across the street from the old Monroe Elementary School, now the Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site.
On Monday, Michael Toombs, the artistic director overseeing the project, painted over the newly added image.
The 130-foot-wide, 30-foot-tall mural is across the street from the old Monroe Elementary School, now the Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site.
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The image of the clinging child did not fit with the mission of the mural, said Sarah Fizell, executive director of the Topeka nonprofit ArtsConnect, which worked with Living the Dream Inc. and raised $100,000 for the project. ... Fizell said the mural was designed to pay homage to the Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court decision that led to the desegregation of schools in the United States.
