Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces by Malik J. Norman
During the Great Migration more than 6 million Black Americans relocation from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 to 1970. My family chose to stay and cultivate their lives during segregation, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement. Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces spotlights the community of Western Union Park in Mineral Springs, North Carolina. Which resides on the unceded land of the Waxhaw, Catawba, and Cheraw peoples. These prints showcase the evolution and resilience of this historical Black community. The composition also illustrates how this Black owned land have adapted to the cultural deterioration of gentrification. In the midst of it all, southern Black realms veer on.
Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces is a palimpsest experimentation between paint brush techniques, Van Dyke brown, and monotype.
Malik J. Norman lives and works in Mineral Springs, North Carolina.
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