Contemporary Art Reviews and Interviews

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Roderick Kiracofe

"There's just something amazing about taking this textile that has that image of providing warmth and comfort, and oh, it's talking about how many bullet holes are on this quilt that represent how many bullets are shot in a short period of time…”

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Emory Douglas

"We were changing the mindsets of people. You had people who disagreed with us, what we were about, but wanted to set up breakfast programs, to do alternative schools. They were inspired by and beginning to implement those programs, transforming thinking, the mindset. That was the power of the Black Panther Party."

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Peter Coyote

“In 1962 the Cuban missile crisis occurred… 14 of us… raised the money… bought two old clunker cars… and we drove to Washington and we did a three-day fast in front of the White House… we made the above the fold in the New York Times… Kennedy… invited us into the White House. First time in history protesters had been invited in the White House.”

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