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Support the movement and the March on Wall Street South by bidding on original paintings of movement ancestors and elders. These paintings are the original art work in our Coalition’s placard & poster. All portraits are original art work by Occupy Charlotte member Laurel Green.
She is generously donating her artwork as a fundraiser for the March on Wall Street South. Laurel painted a series of paintings entitled In The Spirit of those who led the way. The paintings bear the faces of many of the leaders of generations past and present who have fought against injustice, especially in the South.
EACH PORTRAIT IS LISTED ON EBAY. EACH PORTRAIT IS FEATURED BELOW ON THE COALITION’S POSTER!
CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO VIEW AND BID ON EACH ORIGINAL PAINTING!
Pauli Murray - (1910-1985). Civil rights activist, lawyer, writer. 1st black woman Episcopalian priest.
Ella Baker - (1903-1986). Activist for 50+ years. Worked with youth who founded SNCC.
Anna Mae Aquash - (1945-1976). Mikmaq activist with American Indian Movement. Assassinated by FBI.
Emiliano Zapata - (1879-1919). Led Liberation Army during Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Fannie Lou Hamer - (1917-1977). Organized the Mississipi Freedom Summer with SNCC.
Henry Berry Lowery - (1845-1872). Led Native, Black, and poor White guerrillas against the Confederacy and KKK.
Mumia Abu Jamal - (1954). Black Panther framed for shooting of police officer. Has continued to publish from prison.
Rachel Corrie - (1979-2003) Helped Palestinians defend their homes. Killed by Israeli Army bulldozer.
Robert F. Williams - (1925-1996). President of Monroe, NC NAACP. Pioneered armed self-defense against the KKK and racist violence.
Mother Jones - (1837 – 1930). Co-founded the IWW, a radical union.
Malcolm X - (1925-1965). Advocated Black self-determination and self-defense. Inspired the Black Panthers.
Rosa Parks - (1913-2005). NAACP organizer who initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott with an act of civil disobedience.
Martin Luther King - (1929-1968). Worked against segregation and discrimination through civil disobedience.
If you cannot make it to the march, help us lift up the voices of those most impacted by economic crises, war, cut-backs, deportations, and foreclosures so that the Democrats & the world hear our stories the Sunday before the DNC — make a contribution to the March on Wall Street South!
Can you make an urgently needed donation today of $10, $25, $50, or $100 to help us bring attention and support to the Undocubus, to help us with travel support for families whose homes are being foreclosed on to travel to Charlotte and tell their stories at the door-step of Bank of America, and to help us uplift the voices of students and the unemployed to need jobs with justice and dignity?
Thanks so much for your support! See you in Charlotte!
Coalition to March on Wall St South
Building People’s Power at the Democratic National Convention
wallstsouth.org | @WallStSouth
