Robert Talley Mural
Scope and Contents
The Robert Talley Mural is a mural painted by Talley with acrylic paint, on a blue and white striped, cotton bedsheet that formerly belonged to Civil Rights leader John Lewis. The sheet features a portrait of Lewis with U.S.O.R. (United States of Racism) on the top of the sheet and "Good Trouble" on the bottom of the sheet. The sheet is preserved by the archive in a tube, 5.5 linear feet in length.
Dates
- 2020
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Biographical / Historical
Robert "Bobby Danger" Talley is an artist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is the co-founder of the United States of Racism (U.S.O.R.) project. He created a mural of John Lewis on a bedsheet which belonged to John Lewis at the Occupy Winston-Salem 49 day occupation of Bailey Park for the Justice for John Neville protest.
Extent
5.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Robert "Bobby Danger" Talley is an artist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is the co-founder of the United States of Racism (U.S.O.R.) project. He created a mural of John Lewis on a bedsheet which belonged to John Lewis at the Occupy Winston-Salem 49 day occupation of Bailey Park for the Justice for John Neville protest.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Robert Talley in October 2020.
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Processing Information
Processed and encoded by Stacey Krim, November 2020.
- Title
- Robert Talley Mural
- Author
- Stacey Krim
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository