Access Conditions The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, rjdunitz@comcast.net. The files represent Ms. Dunitz' personal collection of materials collected over the years of her involvement in documenting and preserving Los Angeles murals. They are available for consultation in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Unique identifier UC1592662

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Resolution 18.4 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
46.9 cm × 32.0 cm at 300dpi

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Title In the spirit of contribution, Los Angeles, 1990

Description In the spirit of contribution, Los Angeles, 1990, La Salle Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets. The mural is dedicated to the contributions made by African Americans and Latinos to building the United States. The left side is dominated by images from the black history, including an African playing a traditional horn, music legend Duke Ellington, dancer Bill "Bojangels" Robinson, singer and political activist Paul Robeson, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, and opera singer Marian Anderson. On the mural's right, prominent Mexicans, such as revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, artist Frida Kahlo, and peasant leader Benito Juarez are depicted. In Nova Color acrylic, 120' x 6-10' by Bernard Hoyes and local high school students. Sponsored by Reverend Cecil Murray of the First A.M.E. Church -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 215, #37.

Subject African Americans (lcsh), Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 (personal name), Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 (personal name), Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (personal name), Hispanic Americans, History (lcsh), Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872 (personal name), Kahlo, Frida (personal name), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (personal name), Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949 (personal name), Street art (lcsh), Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919 (personal name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), La Salle Avenue (roadways), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), South Central Los Angeles (cities), USA (countries)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.035229, -118.305888 (point)

Inherited Subject African Americans (lcsh), Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 (personal name), Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 (personal name), Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (personal name), Hispanic Americans, History (lcsh), Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872 (personal name), Kahlo, Frida (personal name), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (personal name), Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949 (personal name), Street art (lcsh), Zapata, Emiliano, 1879-1919 (personal name)

Relation References Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993 (book), Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998 (book)

Repository Email afa@usc.edu

Repository Name USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Repository Location Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0294, USA

Rights Dunitz, Robin J.

Date Created 1990

Creator Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Hoyes, Bernard (artist)

Contributor Murray, Cecil (sponsor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images

Format 2 x 2 in. (dimensions), 5 slides (extent), color (color), color slides (aat), slides (photographs) (aat)

Internet Media Type multipart/related

Copyright In copyright (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/)

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