“In these toxic times art can help us transform and give us a sense of purpose. This story begins with my seeing the Confederate monuments. What does it feel like if you are black and walking beneath this? We come from a beautiful, fractured situation. Let’s take these fractured pieces and put them back together.” Kehinde Wiley
How Do We Remember the Holocaust?
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- Analyze Kehinde Wiley's "Rumors of War." Use the Analyzing Memorials Worksheet to understand it better.
- Analyze a monument in your town or in a place you are traveling using the Analyzing Memorials worksheet.
- No matter where you live, your community has a history.
♦ Is some of your community’s history unacknowledged or forgotten today?
♦ How might you discover and explore such histories?
♦ Could awareness of the past change your understanding of the place you call home?
♦ What memorials, street names, building names in your town or region are based on people who lived in the past?
♦ Do some of these historical names symbolize people who were slaveholders, people who were treasonous, or people who represent ideas that dehumanize others?
♦ Do some of these names need to be changed? What could you do about this? Explain what needs to be changed and why. What information will be replaced?
♦ Create a detailed plan to acknowledge forgotten history of your town. Include a description of the goals of your project.
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