Civil Rights Mural

Civil Rights Mural

Mural Painting (Visual Work) Political

Civil Rights mural painted in 2004 by a group known as the Bogside Artists. It is located on Rossville Street in Derry. The mural depicts a civil rights march for democratic rights in the 1960's. A march such as this took place on October 5th, 1968 and resulted in bloodshed. William Kelley, a Bogside Artist, states that "our intention was to describe it as it was, a happy, almost festive occasion conducted by people who were content that they were standing up, at long last against prolonged injustice. these early marches were inspired by the civil disobedience campaigns of Martin Luther King." The civil rights movement of the 1960's impacted both the Protestant and Catholic communities.

2004

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Photograph

english

visual work, photograph

Northern Ireland
Derry