The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago

The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago is the first in—depth, illustrated history of a lost Chicago monument. The Wall of Respect was a revolutionary mural created by fourteen members of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) on the South Side of Chicago in 1967. This book includes photographs by Darryl Cowherd, Bob Crawford, Roy Lewis, and Robert A. Sengstacke, and gathers historic essays, poetry, and previously unpublished primary documents from t...