ARTIST TO UNVEIL “JUSTICE FOR ALL” BLACK HISTORY PORTRAIT SERIES IN HOMAGE TO THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BOMBING
buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin (SHREVEPORT, LA) - February 16, 2014 Billy R. Boykin, Jr. , a visual and graphic artist, will unveil " Justice for All," a digitally illustrated series of portraits in celebration of Black History Month today. The series was inspired by a theatrical production of “Four Little Girls” performed at Centenary College that told the story of the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL which left 4 girls dead at the hands of White Supremacists. The exhibit will feature images of three figures in Black history -- two from the Civil Rights era (Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcom X) and one from the modern era (Professor/Author/Social Commentator Dr. Cornell West) to reflect the continuous need for change. The art will be on display during an annual Black History Month program starting at 1:00 p.m. at The Church of the Living God, P.G.T. located at 1634...