{"product_id":"fleeting-monuments-for-the-wall-of-respect-9780997416596","title":"Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collaboration of artists and writers commemorates a powerful symbol for social justice and freedom on Chicago’s South Side\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wall of Respect, a work of public art created in 1967 at the corner of Forty-third Street and Langley Avenue on Chicago’s South Side, depicted Black leaders in music,literature, politics, and sports. The Wall sparked a nationwide mural movement, provided a platform for community engagement, and was a foundational work of the Black Arts Movement. There is no longer any physical indication of its existence, but it still needs to be remembered. \u003ci\u003eFleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect\u003c\/i\u003e argues against making a monument of it, or of other historically significant events, in the formal language of grandness and permanence. Instead, Romi Crawford proposes the concept of “fleeting monuments,” asking a range of artists and writers to realize antiheroic, nonstatic, and impermanent strategies for commemoration\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Lantern Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406633705815,"sku":"9780997416596","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780997416596.jpg?v=1730496575","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fleeting-monuments-for-the-wall-of-respect-9780997416596","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}