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Panel from Diego Rivera's mural at Unity House, depicting the growing conflict over slavery that eventually led to the Civil War.  Also included are references to the Mexican War and the discovery of gold in California.  Important figures include Henry Da | by Kheel Center, Cornell University Library
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Panel from Diego Rivera's mural at Unity House, depicting the growing conflict over slavery that eventually led to the Civil War. Also included are references to the Mexican War and the discovery of gold in California. Important figures include Henry Da

Title: Panel from Diego Rivera's mural at Unity House, depicting the growing conflict over slavery that eventually led to the Civil War. Also included are references to the Mexican War and the discovery of gold in California. Important figures include Henry David Thoreau, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott, John C. Calhoun, Nat Turner, John Brown, Frederick Douglas, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Painted in 1933.

 

Date: 1940 Estimated

 

Photographer: Unknown. Artist: Diego Rivera

 

Photo ID: 5780PB30F3D

 

Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985)

 

Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel

 

Notes: No additional information available.

 

Copyright: The copyright status of this image is unknown. It may also be subject to third party rights of privacy or publicity. Images are being made available for purposes of private study, scholarship, and research. The Kheel Center would like to learn more about this image and hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified so that we may make the necessary corrections.

 

Tags: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,Cornell University Library,African Americans, Exhibitions, Art, Public Figures, Confrontation

 

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