Black Survival Guide, or How to Live Through a Police Riot
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Black Survival Guide, or How to Live Through a Police Riot
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Recalls 1968 Wilmington Riots and National Guard occupation of the city.
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A series of 13 large-scale retroreflective screen prints that re-interpret and employ the local News Journal photos of the 1968 National Guard occupation of Wilmington, by framing them with text from a pamphlet printed by civil rights activists and distributed to city residents. Thomas’ art visually represents elements of history that are both visible and hidden in plain sight.
The Delaware Art Museum commissioned this original work to employ archival documents from the Delaware Historical Society and photographs of the 1968 National Guard occupation of Wilmington taken by News Journal staff to mark the 50th anniversary of the occupation. The exhibit was re-installed in the summer of 2020.
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1968
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2018
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Delaware
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Wilmington Riots
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Hank Willis Thomas
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62 × 48 in. (157.5 × 121.9 cm)
Frame: 63 1/2 × 49 1/2 in. (161.3 × 125.7 cm)
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Screen print on retroreflective vinyl with aluminum backing
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Delaware Art Museum
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