- Created by
- Kleina, Bernard, American
- Subject of
- Weber, John Pitman, American, born 1942
- Date
- June 2010; printed 2012
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 6 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (15.9 x 18.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A color photograph of a housing-themed mural on a brick wall. The mural is made to appear as two white signs surrounded by colorful geometric shapes. The top sign reads "HOUSING / IS / STILL / THE / ISSUE" and below it, in Spanish, it reads "A LA DEFENSA / LA COMUNIDAD [...]” The individual bricks of the wall are visible beneath the paint.
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Chicago Freedom Movement
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Domestic life
- Multilingual communication
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bernard J. Kleina and Susan Keleher Kleina
- Object number
- 2013.140.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Bernard J. Kleina
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




