It took 13 years for Washington to complete The Continual Struggle, a collection of 34 paintings in mixed charcoal documenting the historical struggle against segregation.
Brian Washington, 36, produces art inspired by the Civil Rights movement. The purpose of his art is to educate and inspire to make progress on social issues that are "unfortunately recurrent," he said. The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar
On Friday, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum unveiled President Lyndon Johnson's letter of condolence to Coretta Scott King after MLK Jr.'s assassination.
"We have made progress, but there is a stark line between freedom and equality," echoes Brian Washington, an African-American artist and attorney from Cincinnati whose parents attended segregated
AUSTIN (KXAN) — In honor of what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 87th birthday, the LBJ Presidential Library will open two exhibits to remember Dr.
The nation will pause to honor and remember the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 18 and the LBJ Library has two exhibits about the late civil rights leader.
The Continual Struggle is artist Brian Washington’s artwork documenting the Civil Rights movement and America’s historic struggle against segregation and other forms of race-based disenfranchiseme
To commemorate King's birthday and Black History Month, library staff coupled the letter exhibit with an inspirational art collection, Brian Washington's "
Stirring scenes of the rhythms of a social revolution where justice and equality struggle to triumph over oppression are now on display at the LBJ Library for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday remembrance.
They are emotional civil rights images all on a simple white canvas covered in striking charcoal blacks and grays.
"This is the president of the United States reaching out to a widow of the most famous civil rights leader and one of the most important figures in latter part of 20th century," says Mark Updegrov
