Neighborhood residents and artists gather during the creation of 'The Wall of Respect', a public art project conceived by OBAC , Chicago, Illinois,...
Young men from the near South Side neighborhood of Chicago mill about around 43rd Street and Langley Avenue, where the mural 'Wall of Respect' was...
Man walks by 'The Wall of Respect', a public art project conceived by OBAC, , Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted by a group of African American artists, the...
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating black sportsmen, Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted by Myrna Weaver, it includes the...
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating black theater figures, Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted by Barbara Jones-Hogu, it shows the...
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating black statesmen, Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted by Norman Parish, it shows the following...
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating jazz, Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted together by Elliott Hunter, Jeff Donaldson, and...
Standing upon a painter's scaffold, artist Barbara Jones-Hogu stoops down to pick up a palette while working on the mural 'The Wall of Respect',...
View of ongoing demolition of the building which held the mural 'The Wall of Respect,' Chicago, Illinois, 1973. The building had suffered through a...
Young boy points to one of the figures painted on the 'Wall of Respect' mural , Chicago, Illinois, 1968.
View of 43rd Street and Langley Avenue community members who helped protect the Jeff Donaldson's 'Wall of Respect' mural, Chicago, Illinois, 1967.
View of members of OBAC participating in an early planning meeting of the Visual Arts Workshop, summer 1967. From left to right, back row:...
Artist William 'Bill' Walker studies the sectional design created by designer Sylvia Abernathy for the Wall of Respect mural, during a meeting of...
View of artist Elliot Hunter during the first meeting of OBAC, the Organization of Black American Culture, Chicago, IL, summer 1967. Hunter painted...
Artist and art historian Jeff Donaldson, seated center, in discussion with fellow members during the first meeting of OBAC, the Organization of Black...
View of a group of people gathered at the Wall of Respect, at the intersection of 43rd Street and Langley Avenue in the South Side neighborhood,...
American artist Norman Parish sits on scaffolding as he works on a section of the Wall of Respect in the South Side neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois,...
Woman photographs a group of children near the intersection of 43rd Street and Langley Avenue in the South Side neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois,...
Elevated view of a group of people, among them photographer Billy 'Fundi' Abernathy , gathered near the intersection of 43rd Street and Langley...
View of a woman as she holds a young girl in her arms near the intersection of 43rd Street and Langley Avenue in the South Side neighborhood,...
View of a section of the Wall of Respect in the South Side neighborhood , Chicago, Illinois, 1967. The large mural depicted images of 'Black Heroes'...
American artist Norman Parish stands on scaffolding as he works on a section of the Wall of Respect in the South Side neighborhood, Chicago,...
Neighborhood residents and artists gather during the creation of 'The Wall of Respect', a public art project celebrating black heroes and culture,...
Detail showing the creation of a segment of 'The Wall of Respect', Chicago, IL, 1967. This section, celebrating jazz music, was painted...
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating religion, Chicago, IL, 1967. Painted by Bill Walker, it shows the following figures :...
Sitting upon a painter's scaffold, artist Norman Parish works on the portrait of Marcus Garvey for the mural 'The Wall of Respect', Chicago, IL,...
Standing upon a painter's scaffold, artist Jeff Donaldson works on the mural 'The Wall of Respect', Chicago, IL, 1967. Donaldson painted the mural...
Detail showing the section of 'The Wall of Respect' celebrating rhythym and blues, Chicago, IL, 1967. This section was painted by Wadsworth Jarrell....
Abdul Alkalimat and Darryl Colror working on the mural 'The Wall of Respect', 1967. Situated on 43rd and Langley in Chicago's South Side, the public...
American artist Jeff Donaldson stands, with an unidentified man, near the scaffolding used to paint the 'Wall of Respect' mural in the South Side...
