Category: dolls

Little Rock Nine

John and Kathy Deering sculptors
The location is heavy with meaning. The nine statues stand outside the governor’s office, where in 1957 Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent black schoolchildren from attending previously all-white Central High following a 1954 Supreme Court ruling. When the nine entered, they were under the armed guard of federalized troops.–Houston Chronicle
Ernest Green (b. 1941), Elizabeth Eckford (b. 1941), Jefferson Thomas (1942–2010), Terrence Roberts (b. 1941), Carlotta Walls LaNier (b. 1942), Minnijean Brown (b. 1941), Gloria Ray Karlmark (b. 1942), Thelma Mothershed (b. 1940), and Melba Pattillo Beals (b. 1941). Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate from Central High School.–Wikipedia

Merry Christmas

24 Curves
So God can be thought of as the central energy of life, the relationships and connections that bind us all together. But still a force for good calling us into ever deepening intimacies and union with God and all of Creation.

Xmas eve, streets of Chatan, shisa dog + little dog
Xmas eve, streets of Chatan, shisa dog + little dog

General Henry Warner Slocum

sculpted by Frederick William MacMonnies
Lots of white guys on horses riding around the Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. I didn’t notice any memorialization of slavery. In 1905, New York City unveiled the bronze statue of General Slocum with President Theodore Roosevelt as the keynote speaker. Slocum’s horse displays the raised front leg, a symbol of victory.

The Complete Illustrated Guidebook to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic ... By Richard J. Berenson
The Complete Illustrated Guidebook to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic …
By Richard J. Berenson