Douglas Truth

Our next mural meeting will take place on Oct 16 at 6pm in the Douglas Truth Library.

I found this interesting historical account of the way that the library has changed over the years. It talks about the waves of Jewish, Japanese and African American patronage. You will also find images of Eddie's murals with this story here.

The article brings up an interesting point about integration vs. identity, which seems to be an old debate and something that I have been thinking about with respect to our mural. Several issues are involved:

1. The history of the Colman/Judkins neighborhood is a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural history.

2. Since the end of WWII this neighborhood has had a strong African American identity and since the 70s, it has been predominantly African American.

3. The mural will go on the wall in front of the African American museum.

Question: what is the best way to represent the history of the neighborhood and at the same time to respect the African American identity of the museum?

Just thought I'd throw this out for input. You can leave comments at the bottom of this post by clicking on the "comments" link.