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Title
mni00662
Creator
Crowley, Tony
Publication Information
Claremont Colleges Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Murals of Northern Ireland
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
Description
Republican mural, Ardoyne Road, Ardoyne, North Belfast, 2001. Mural draws parallel between the Civil Rights struggle in the USA, specifically the desegregation of schools in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957, and the right of Catholic schoolchildren at to walk to Holy Cross primary school through a Protestant area. 'Everyone has the right to live free from sectarian harassment'; left panel, depiction of black schoolgirl, Elizabeth Eckford, one of the 'Little Rock Nine' (from a photograph by Will Couts), entering Central High, Little Rock, Arkansas; 'Arkansas 57'; 'Arkansas 57'; middle panel, mother taking two Holy Cross children to school, 'It's Black and White', 'Loyalist Bigotry' slogan on wall behind; right panel, screaming child with policeman in riot gear in background, 'Ardoyne, 01. Shopfront, ''the Irish News' (local newspaper). Ubiquitous dogs, one not stray.
Republican
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
mni00662.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mni/id/104
Language
English
Subject
Mural painting and decoration
Republican
Sectarianism
Civil rights
Time Period
2001
Place
Northern Ireland
Source
Scanned from original photograph
Relation
Murals of Northern Ireland Collection https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/mni

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