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This art work is used to show us how many African Americans left the south in a time period known as "the great migration" to find a better life in the north showing us how much hope they had only to find that dream not as it was or non existent. -
As we can see in this picture we see a young black man who is in a hurry to read a book sitting under the tree of knowledge it can be assumed this is meant to represent how many young black people find it hard to find themselves and who they are in this day in time. -
In a form the art work here takes a classic WW2 picture known as "Rosie the retriever " and instead uses a black women to show black women empowerment and to challenge traditional ideas -
A more recent art work shows how a black man is sitting in front of the stars of the American flag with his head down meant to show how all the promises of the american dream are not as it sounds and how black men are in a struggle to this day