Washington DC, Union Station -- August 24-28, 2020
"Our Story: Portraits of Change" is an interactive photo mosaic and art installation depicting a portrait of suffragist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, created by artist Helen Marshall of The People’s Picture, commissioned by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, and produced by Christina Korp, Purpose Entertainment. Our Story commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote in the United States.
Ida B. Wells was one activist in a movement of many, represented by the thousands of historic photographs of suffragists within the mosaic. Among her many accomplishments and endeavors, Wells founded the Alpha Suffrage Club in 1913, the first African American women’s suffrage organization in Chicago. During the March 3, 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., she famously protested racial segregation in the parade by refusing to march in the back of the procession, instead taking her rightful place with the rest of the delegation of Illinois suffragists. She was a leader in the suffrage movement who fought to ensure Black women would not be left behind in the campaign for women’s rights. Her leadership, courage, and determination in the face of formidable obstacles represent the spirit of the American women’s suffrage movement.
Suffragists began their organized fight for the ballot in 1848 when they demanded the right to vote during the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. For the next 72 years, women leaders protested for the right to the ballot. Today, more than 68 million women vote in elections because of the courageous suffragists who never gave up the fight for equality. With the physical and virtual mosaic, we honor their dedicated efforts to expand American democracy.
With thanks to the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, The People’s Picture, Purpose Entertainment, the Library of Co ...More...
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