This painting brings up many feelings and emotions from within me. At first site I saw the display of the word "NIGGER" on the wall with a young black girl walking in between four Marshalls. I thought to myself, why are these men escorting this young lady? After taking a closer look, the girl was carrying school supplies which means she was either going or coming from school. Furthermore the girl has an angelical look and I believe the artist purposely dressed her in white to accomplish this look. The tomato on the wall indicates that it was just thrown and from the looks of it, the person who threw it barely missed the young lady. I also noticed "KKK" engraved on the wall.
My overall opinion is that this painting represents an era where black children were not allowed to be in school with white children just like on the book that we are currently reading, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County. The girl seems to be walking with her head held high, but there is a deep sadness within her expression. The Marshalls do not have heads and their bodies are posed in the same exact way, stripping them from their individual identity, which symbolizes their thoughts about school segregation (they all thought the same way).
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