Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art in Chicago showcases history from 1890s campaigns against lynching to Black Lives Matter movement.
EVANSTON, Ill. --"A Site of Struggle" at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art chronicles America's history of anti-Black violence through the eyes of artists.
"I hope that the art gives people a chance to pause and really get a deep understanding of the deep roots of racial violence in our country," said Janet Dees, the curator of the exhibition. "Part of what this work is doing is it's taking the emphasis off of the victims of this violence, and shining a light on the perpetrators and the spectators," Dees said.The museum has areas where people can step away and decompress if they become overcome with emotion.Dees emphasizes this exhibition was years in the making-not in response to the racial demonstrations of 2020.
This exhibition debuts amidst a national debate over how Americans should discuss issues of race in schools.
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