Merits or Effort Size:11x17 inches particularly from the mid-to-late 20th

particularly from the mid-to-late 20th century

The "3/5" references the historical fact that African Americans were initially considered to be 3/5 of a human being in the USA

intertwined and soaring in unison with this devine energy

It depicts a young African American girl reading the paper as she uses the potty

And This Too Shall Pass (Statement) by Henry Lee Battle highlights a winged angel sitting down and scrunched up into a ball

Merits or Effort Size:11x17 inches particularly from the mid-to-late 20thBooker T. Washington: Merits or Efforts by Julian Madyun is a photographic poster of the civil rights leader captioned with his quote stating "No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts."