The Original Wall Of Respect
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating black theater figures, Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted by Barbara Jones-Hogu, it shows the following figures (left to right): actress Claudia McNeil, top row: singer Oscar Brown Jr., actress Ruby Dee, and actor Ossie Davis, bottom row: actor Sidney Poitier, actress Cicely Tyson, and comedian Dick Gregory. The mural was on 43rd and Langley in Chicago's South Side and was conceived by OBAC (The Organization of Black American Culture). It depicts images of "Black Heroes" as positive role models for identity, community formation, and revolutionary action. (Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)
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January 01, 1967
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Theater Section
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