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Leroy Almon
Martin Luther King, Jr.

January / February 2005

The Dream Lives On:

Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the Struggle for Justice

 


Portraits of Martin Luther King, Jr.,
portrayals of civil rights events, and
depictions of Old Testament narratives
that have inspired African-American activitists
and strengthened the movement towards justice

 

   

Jimmy Lee Sudduth
Martin Luther King, Jr.



Fred Webster
Coretta Scott King:  "The Dream Lives On"
Martin Luther King:  "I Had a Dream"
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Jeff Williams
Malcolm X


Herbert Singleton
Ain't Going Back
SOLD
   

Leon Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.

   

Bernice Sims
The Birmingham Riots
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Bernice Sims
Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma March

   

Roger Rice
"Hollow Ground"
Montgomery police officer with dog attacking protesters who hold up signs calling for better houses,
better jobs, better education

M.C. 5¢ Jones
The Ku Klux Klan

   

Fred Webster
"Sweet Home Alabama"
Gov. George Wallace

Benjamin F. Perkins
"Alabama, the Heart of Dixie"

   


Fred Webster
"Believe in my God or I put you
in the firey (sic) furnace"

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego


Fred Webster
"I can't look at my son Ishmael.  He's too sick."
God provides water for Hagar,
the runaway slave, and her son Ishamael
   

Fred Webster
"Cast him in the din (sic)"
Daniel in the Lion's Den



Fred Webster
"God took care of him"
Moses in the Bullrushes
   


Roger Rice
"Fiery Furnace"
   
   
 

Upcoming Gallery Highlights for 2005

Archive of Past Gallery Highlights
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. by Herbert Singleton, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Fred Webster, Leroy Almon, Roger Rice, others

  • Six autobiographical wood panels by Leroy Almon

  • Paintings and sandstone sculpture by Lonnie Holley

  • Noah's Ark in wood, pottery, and painting

  • Works in bent wire by Vannoy Streeter, Charlie Lucas, Columbus McGriff

  • Birds by Son Ford Thomas, John and Larry Gilley, Willie Massey, Ralph Griffin

  • December 2004:  Angels by Rev. J.L. Hunter, Howard Finster, Tim Lewis, Fred Webster; Nativity scenes by Mose Tolliver, Lillian Barker, Jewel Starday, Fred Webster;  Santas by Fred Webster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Rev. J.L. Hunter

 


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Robert Cargo Folk Art Gallery
Caroline Cargo, Director
110 Darby Road · Paoli, PA  19301
610-240-9528  ·  info@cargofolkart.com
Inquiries welcome.  Open by appointment only.