Artist:
Address:
4300 Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011. (at 43rd St.) (click to view)
Size:
N/A
Medium:
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Date:
1984
Type:
Community
Description / Interpretation:
Prominent members of the local community, including the founder of the Sentinel newspaper, are depicted. Slogans in the mural-iDon't Move Improver and iDon't Buy Where You Can't Works- refer to activist positions against discrimination taken by this black community paper over the years.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
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