
A Maywoodian Inside the Ivy League: To Foreign Blacks I Was ‘Just Black’
“Black Painting,” by Kerry James Marshall. The work, completed in 2003 and made of black acrylic paint on black fiberglass, depicts the ominous moments before the assassination of Maywood-born Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in his West Side apartment on Dec. 4, 1969. | Photo of art via Blanton Museum || Below: Marquan Jones by Marquan Jones Wednesday, August 17, 2016 || By Marquan Jones || OPINION Having completed the … Continue reading A Maywoodian Inside the Ivy League: To Foreign Blacks I Was ‘Just Black’