MSA SC 6281-1-1
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020
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digital file (PDF)
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Description
Gordon Wallace's Artist Statement, 2020.
Accompanied photography exhibit "Answering the Question" at Sumner Hall in Chesterton, MD
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MSA SC 6281-1-2
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Description
Event: "Change the Narrative" Peaceful Protest.
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: An attendee holds a sign protesting the death of Anton Black, a 19-year-old Caroline County resident who died after being pursued and detained by police in 2018. The text of the sign reads: "Anton Black (Age 19 - Murdered 9/15/18) Died by asphyxiation and blunt force trauma by 4 Maryland police. 'I can't breathe' R.I.P."
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Coalition for Justice for Anton Black. This photograph was taken in the back of fountain park near Maryland 298."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-3
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Description
Event: "Change the Narrative" Peaceful Protest.
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: High Street, Chestertown MD in Fountain Park
Description: Attendees pose with protest signs reading "BLM" and "Black Lives Matter." One protester holds a sign referencing the 2010 shooting death of Pace University student Danroy "DJ" Henry, who was killed by police in Pleasantville, NY. The sign reads, "Danroy Henry (Age 20 - Murdered October 17, 2010) New York Police Officer shot him through his windshield. R.I.P."
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Coalition for Justice for Anton Black. This photograph was taken in the middle of Fountain Park."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-4
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Event: "Change the Narrative" Peaceful Protest.
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Fountain Park, Spring Ave entrance, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: A group of standing attendees hold Black Lives Matter protest signs.
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Coalition for Justice for Anton Black. This photograph was taken by the Spring Ave entrance of fountain park."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-5
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Description
Event: "Change the Narrative" Peaceful Protest.
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Park Row, Chestertown MD.
Description: Protesters march up Park Row in Chestertown led by Nijah Black, the sister of Anton Black, a 19-year-old Caroline County resident who died after being pursued and detained by police in 2018.
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Coalition for Justice for Anton Black. This photograph was taken as I was standing in front of the Chestertown post office on Spring Ave. The march for Anton had just begun and the crowd was walking up Park Row from fountain park to Spring Ave."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-6
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Description
Event: "Change the Narrative" Peaceful Protest.
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Park Row and Spring Avenue, Chestertown MD.
Description: Two attendees hold Black Lives Matter protest signs.
Artist caption: "This photograph was taken as I was standing in front of the Chestertown Post Office on Spring Ave. The march for Anton moving passed me and the crowd was walking up Park Row from Fountain Park to Spring Ave."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-7
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Description
Event: "Change the Narrative" Peaceful Protest.
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Protesters holding signs march down High Street in Chestertown. They are led by Nijah Black, the sister of Anton Black, a 19-year-old Caroline County resident who died after being pursued and detained by police in 2018.
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Coalition for Justice for Anton Black. This photograph was taken under the streetlight right next to the police station on High St."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-8
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Event: "Pastor’s Prayer Walk".
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Attendees walk down High Street in Chestertown. Marchers include Bishop Charles M. Tilghman, President of local Kent County NAACP (right) and John Dolgos, Chestertown's Acting Chief of Police (left).
Artist caption: "The event was put together by local pastors in the community to protest police brutality. This photograph was taken under the streetlight right next to the police station on High St."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-9
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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"Pastor’s Prayer Walk".
2020/06/07.
Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Attendees, including local pastors and John Dolgos, Acting Chief of Chestertown Police (right), walk down High Street in Chestertown
Artist caption: "The event was put together by local pastors in the community to protest police brutality. This photograph was taken on High St as the march was progressing down the street towards fountain park."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-10
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-07
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Digital photograph (JPG)
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Event: "Pastor’s Prayer Walk".
Date: 2020/06/07.
Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Attendees, including Bishop Charles M. Tilghman, President of local Kent County NAACP (left) and John Dolgos, Acting Chief of Police (right), kneel in Fountain Park during an 8 minute and 46 second moment of silence honoring George Floyd. Floyd, a Black man, died of asphyxiation while being arrested in Minneapolis in late May 2020. Outrage over his death led to nationwide protests against police brutality.
Artist caption: "The event was put together by local pastors in the community to protest police brutality. This photograph was taken in the middle fountain park during a 8 minutes and 46 second moment of silence for George Floyd."
Keywords: Protest, BLM, Racial justice, Police brutality, Protest sign, March
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MSA SC 6281-1-11-1
Video accessible in MSA Search Room. This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-19
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Video (MP4)
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Event: "Juneteenth".
Date: 2020/06/19.
Location: Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Gordon Wallace addresses a crowd in Chestertown, Maryland on Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating emancipation from slavery after the Civil War. Wallace touches on themes of liberty, systemic inequality, and the education system in America. The video is 3:23 minutes long.
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Black Union of Chestertown. I was asked to speak at this event about a week before. I agreed and wrote my speech. I spoke in front of 100 -150 people in fountain park. The most interesting part of this speech in my opinion is I wrote the first paragraph on February 2nd, 2020 before the George Floyd killing. The reason I started writing that day was because I was sad and self-reflecting on being a black man in America."
Keywords: BLM, Racial justice, Juneteenth, Speech
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MSA SC 6281-1-11-2
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-06-19
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Word Document (DOCX); access copy (PDF)
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Text of Gordon Wallace's "Juneteenth" speech.
Date: 2020/06/19.
Location: Presented at Fountain Park, High Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Transcript of Gordon Wallace's Juneteenth speech. Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the arrival of federal troops carrying the message of the freedom to enslaved people in Texas. (Juneteenth was not yet a U.S. national holiday at the time of this event.) Wallace touches on themes of liberty, systemic inequality, and the education system in America.
Artist caption: "The event was put together by The Black Union of Chestertown. I was asked to speak at this event about a week before. I agreed and wrote my speech. I spoke in front of 100 -150 people in fountain park. The most interesting part of this speech in my opinion is I wrote the first paragraph on February 2nd, 2020 before the George Floyd killing. The reason I started writing that day was because I was sad and self-reflecting on being a black man in America."
Keywords: BLM, Racial justice, Juneteenth, Speech
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MSA SC 6281-1-12-1
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-09-12
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Digital artwork (JPG)
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"BLM Mural Painting".
Date: 2020/09/12.
Location: High Street, between Maryland 298 and Court Street, Chestertown MD.
Description: Aerial view of the High Street Black Lives Matter mural designed by Gordon Wallace and painted by Chestertown community members on September 12, 2020. Photograph by Sam Shoge. The mural reads, "Black Lives Matter - Chestertown Unites Against Racism"
Artist caption: "The event was put together by Maria Wood, Wanda Boyer and Arlene Lee. This photograph was taken by Sam Shoge owner of Shore Studios. My role in the BLM mural painting was being the graphic designer. I designed the original layout in Adobe Illustrator. Initially, I had three designs but only two were chosen and approved by the town. The day of painting I led volunteers and helped direct the actual of the mural. Which are included as Street design 1-3."
SEE ALSO sub-items 2, 3, and 4, for Wallace's graphic designs for the BLM mural.
Keywords: Mural, BLM
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MSA SC 6281-1-12-3
This collection is presented for personal use and may not be used in publications or redistributed without the creator's permission. Items in this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission from artist, Gordon Wallace, or other copyright holders as indicated.
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2020-07-17
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Digital artwork (JPG)
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Gordon Wallace, digital copy of graphic design for BLM Mural Painting on High Street, between Maryland 298 and Court Street, Chestertown, MD.
Original filename: STreet Design-02. The words "We Can't Breathe," decorated with the phrase "I Remember Everyone" and the first names of ten African American victims of police brutality within the letters.
Keywords: Mural, BLM
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