27/28/29 APRIL + “A HALL OF LAMENT” + The STAND YOUR GROUND FOR TRAYVON MARTIN installation

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His Eye is on the Sparrow

as sung by Mahalia Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM_JRAPSwVM

 

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HENRY GORECKI: SYMPHONY OF SORROWFUL SONGS

 No. 3.wmv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKwOX2nXQQ

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“I wish I knew how it would feel to be free”

as sung by Nina Simone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TarrSrx4v0

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I’LL FLY AWAY

as sung by Kenye West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJU4lTJRMY

 

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/stand-your-ground-for-trayvon-martin-all-trayvon-martins-and-their-families-pounding-your-heart-and-head-against-the-sidewalk-i-am-sorry-i-am-entitled-practice-of-walking-humanity/

 

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3 May 1991: Rodney King’s Legacy

29 APRIL 1992: Acquittal of LAPD

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/25/rodney-king-s-legacy.html

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Thank you

to all

who stepped up

and

participated

in

The

STAND YOUR GROUND FOR TRAYVON MARTIN

Installation.

Hoodies were delivered

from those who lived/live in:

Africa; Israel; Canada; Colorado;

Missouri; Arizona; California; Georgia

and

my home state,

Minnesota-

the heartland of the United States.

Minnesota’s Governor Mark Dayton

VETOED

the “Castle Doctrine”

on

5 March 2012.

This installation is Y/OUR call out

for

social justice,

moral courage

and

truth.

I salute you.

 

One moment can create a r/evolution- a new blueprint.

With tears in her eyes,

Trayvon’s mom,

Sybrina Fulton

told everyone-

“We wanted nothing more,

 nothing less,

just an arrest that’s all we wanted was an arrest

from the very beginning…

a heart has no color

its not black or white

it’s red,

thank you

from

 my heart

to

your heart.”

 

Break OPEN,

Catherine L. Johnson

ARTIST