At Brooklyn Museum we view Martin Luther King Jr. Day as “a day on, not a day off,” and each year we honor both MLK Jr.’s legacy and the history of the holiday as a day of service. Photographer Consuelo Kanaga, who participated in and documented the civil rights movement, captured this image of Ray Robison, an activist who joined the March on Washington and heard King’s famous speech. This image was used as part of our first Day of Action workshop to focus on the ways activism doesn’t always look like a protest—it can be something like an artwork, or an act of service.
How are you committing to racial justice today, this month, this year? What actions can you take in your neighborhood, your workplace, and your other spheres of influence? Not sure where to start? There is still space available for this year’s Day of Action—register now!
Consuelo Kanaga (American, 1894-1978). Ray Robinson, Albany, Georgia, 1963. Gelatin silver photograph. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga, 82.65.400
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“Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963), Pichet, compotier et plat de fruits [Jug, Fruit Bowl And Plate of Fruit], 1943. Oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm.
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