In honor of Election Day, we highlight a series of portraits in the Jewish Museum collection by the

In honor of Election Day, we highlight a series of portraits in the Jewish Museum collection by the
In honor of Election Day, we highlight a series of portraits in the Jewish Museum collection by the
In honor of Election Day, we highlight a series of portraits in the Jewish Museum collection by the

In honor of Election Day, we highlight a series of portraits in the Jewish Museum collection by the artist Ben Shahn, which depicts James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. The three civil rights workers participated in the voter registration project Freedom Summer, aimed at registering African-Americans to vote in Mississippi. On the night of June 21, all three men disappeared in Neshoba County; their bodies were discovered after a two-month search by the FBI where they had been buried following their murder by members of the local Ku Klux Klan. Produced as a portfolio for the Human Relations Council of Greater New Haven, Connecticut, these portraits reflect the Shahn’s lifelong commitment to social justice.   -- source link


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