Anthony Tusler, We Shall Overcome, 1977

Digital print (original 35 mm neg)

Print: 16 x 20” | Framed: 20 x 24”
Courtesy of the Artist

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Visual Description of Artwork

A black and white sixteen by twenty-inch digital print from an original 35mm photograph. Steve Dias has a hand lettered sign, “We Shall Overcome,” on the back of his manual wheelchair. He has dark hair past his shoulder. In the background is the dome of the San Francisco City Hall. Flanking Steve are two manual wheelchair users. In the mid ground are more wheelchair and able-bodied protesters.

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