In 2011, Shani Peters and an assemblage of volunteers took to the streets wearing sandwich boards fo
In 2011, Shani Peters and an assemblage of volunteers took to the streets wearing sandwich boards for the public art project We Promote Knowledge & Love: Parade Day in Harlem. Using pawnbroker street advertising strategies, the group distributed flyers with empowering quotes from prominent African American thought leaders such as Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., and Harriet Tubman and engaged in conversations intended to build pride and self-love among the parade audience and general Harlem community.Nominated for the 2nd wave of Agitprop! by Otabenga Jones & AssociatesShani Peters (American, born 1981) Materials from We Promote Knowledge & Love: Parade Day in Harlem, 2011. Image courtesy of the artist. -- source link
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