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Hale Woodruff traveled to rural Atlanta in the 1930s, creating a series of prints that captured the realities that African Americans faced in post-slavery America. In Relics, the dilapidated shack stands caved in, with shards of wood jutting out from the internal structure. The jagged details of the lines and the emaciated mule succinctly reflect how violence and neglect are inscribed into the history of the Black American citizen, leaving behind chaos and disarray. This image alludes to the poor social status that formerly enslaved people inherited post-emancipation, diminishing their hopes for a prosperous future.


Chelsea A. Peart, Class of 2020

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