tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post4146065793641231619..comments2024-03-05T10:32:32.208+00:00Comments on IRRESISTIBLE TARGETS: RUBY BRIDGES AND NORMAN ROCKWELLMichael Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04490121869284175945noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-21297572204066875102016-09-13T20:13:51.654+01:002016-09-13T20:13:51.654+01:00Off topic Mike but are you doing the Friday Mornin...Off topic Mike but are you doing the Friday Morning Tight End column this season ?<br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-21385529117856690012016-09-12T04:15:33.611+01:002016-09-12T04:15:33.611+01:00There may have been many artists, black (I think o...There may have been many artists, black (I think of the Dillons) and white, you might have dont something 'just as good'. None of them would have had the impact of a Norman Rockwell in Look magazine. Rockwell painting the image of America Americans believed they saw: thus they could not ignore this...that Rockwell added the graffiti merely shows how much impact he sought.<br /><br />Michael Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490121869284175945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-5952895907910371772016-09-11T23:11:20.852+01:002016-09-11T23:11:20.852+01:00Interesting post. I agree with your take on the p...Interesting post. I agree with your take on the painting overall. For a generation it was as iconic as the photographs of Ruby Bridges. I did not know that it was painted four years later.<br /><br />I guess it should be said that Look chose to have a white artist do this spread when there were many black American artists working at the time who could have done something just as good. That may be part of why it was left out of the commemorations. I don't know. There was no graffiti on the school walls in any of the photographs I have seen, though words were surely spoken. <br /><br />There is a fascinating interview with the people involved, including Ruby Bridges that you can get from the BBC Witness program if you google their site. It's just 11 minutes or so. It's still quite a story.james b chesterhttp://jamesreadsbooks.comnoreply@blogger.com