Artist, author and activist John A. Wedda was greatly inspired by the civil rights demonstrations in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Shortly after, he created SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY, a powerful work of art and politics, which contrasts the reality of African American experience with soaring promises from our national songs.
Fifty years later, little has changed. As civil rights activist Bob Zellner states in his Introduction: "We were far from equality in 1965 and John Wedda captures the complexity of Selma and all the passion, faith, hope and suffering that it continues to represent for so many."
Mr. Wedda died in 2014 at age 102. Realizing that the human condition was little improved, shortly before his death he expressed the hope that Sweet Land of Liberty might return to print to remind people what was at hand. This edition reissues John’s original work along with contemporary commentary, historical context and a biography of the author.
Details
- Publication Date
- Aug 2, 2015
- Language
- English
- Category
- History
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): AZALEA ART PRESS
Specifications
- Pages
- 88
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Small Landscape (9 x 7 in / 229 x 178 mm)