DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH

BY: DESI SANCHEZ

RACISM: INCIDENT AT LITTLE ROCK

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In 1957 Ulloa painted Racism/Incident at Little Rock, which was based upon real life events that took place that same year in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1957 a federal court ordered the State of Arkansas to obey with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision, which outlawed racial segregation in America’s public schools. Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas and a Dixiecrat (a right-wing racist Southern Democrat) challenged the court decision by calling in Arkansas National Guard soldiers to prevent African-American students from entering “white” schools. When nine black students attempted to enter Little Rock High School on September 23, 1957, thousands of enraged whites assaulted them with stones and fisticuffs.

In Racism/Incident at Little Rock there are no government agents deployed to rescue black school children, there are only six youthful black students surrounded by a howling pack of impractical monsters. I understand that Ulloa’s portraying the enraged whites as the howling pack of monsters. The adolescent African-Americans in the picture huddle together, the oldest of them looking unemotional; they have no one but themselves to rely upon. Ulloa’s paintings at the Autry showed that he had used the technique of the Mexican Muralists; his heavily textured brushstrokes and color palette bearing a striking similarity to that of Siqueiros.

I can make a connection between Racism/Incident at Little Rock and Martin Luther King because the movement has to do what Martin Luther King is fighting for. Martin Luther King was an activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights movement.  He is known for his advancement of civil rights. The painting contributes to what Kings goals are.

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