10 Artists Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
CULTURED
By Annie Lyall Slaughter
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., CULTURED spotlights ten artists whose artistic mission, ethos, and messaging align with the spirit of activism, hope, and liberation put forth by the civil rights leader.
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LaToya Ruby Frazier
Chicago-based artist LaToya Ruby Frazier has committed her life’s work to documenting and archiving social, economic, and racial struggles, writing them into history through her camera’s frame. For a 2018 special issue of The Atlantic, she captured aerial footage of Memphis, Chicago, and Baltimore, documenting each city’s landscape of oppression 50 years after King Jr.’s murder. “These images are so much about the shadow, and the history, and the spirit of how King was there,” she told the magazine. “It’s like capturing the spirit of King Jr. in these landscapes.”
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