年代分期
民權運動 The Civil Rights Movement (1955-1970)
「我夢想有一天，在喬治亞的紅山上，昔日奴隸的兒子將能和昔日奴隸主的兒子坐在一起，共敘兄弟情誼。」
— 馬丁路德金恩博士，一九六三年
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
— Martin Luther King Jr., 1963
非裔美人的平權抗爭在六０年代中期達到高峰。其中絕大多數的支持者為美國的年輕世代，透過校園體系迅速擴散開來。這些二次戰後的新生代通常懷抱著一股「反文化」思潮，成為美國文化與族群多元主義的提倡者。
The struggle of African Americans for equality reached its peak in the mid-1960s. Much of the support they received came from a young population larger than ever, making its way through a university system that was expanding at an unprecedented pace. Frequently embracing “countercultural” life styles, many of the offspring of the World War II generation emerged as advocates of a new America characterized by a cultural and ethnic pluralism.
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17a. 黑人的遷徙系列第五十七幅（THE MIGRATION SERIES）by JACOB LAWRENCE, 1940
酪素蛋彩 (Casein tempera)‧硬紙板，45.72 x 30.48公分。1942年購入，飛利浦收藏系列，華盛頓特區。藝術品 © 雅各暨關朵琳勞倫斯夫婦基金會，西雅圖/藝術家權利協會，紐約。
Casein tempera on hardboard, 18 x 12 in. (45.72 x 30.48 cm.). Acquired 1942. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Art © 2008 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.靈感來自西非遊唱傳統，描述非裔美人自南方「出走」的故事。
Inspired by the griots, the artist tells how African-American families “came up” from the South.
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17b. 鴿子（THE DOVE）by ROMARE BEARDEN, 1964
剪貼照片複製品、紙/水粉/鉛筆/色鉛筆‧紙板。33.97 x 47.63公分。布蘭琪洛克斐勒基金 (377.1971)。數位影像 © 紐約現代美術館/斯卡拉集團/藝術資源圖庫授權。© 羅馬拉比爾敦遺產信託。
Cut-and-pasted photoreproductions and papers, gouache, pencil and colored pencil on cardboard, 13 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. Blanchette Rockefeller Fund (377.1971) Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY © Estate of Romare Bearden Trusts.民權運動高峰時期的拼貼作品，安祥的鴿子、掠食的貓，拼湊出城市的繁忙與喧囂。該系列作品被譽為「視覺詩」。
Created during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, this collage depicts a bustling city neighborhood with a serene bird at its center. It also marked a new artistic direction for Romare Bearden, who for the remainder of his career continued to create collages often referred to as “visual poetry.”
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19b. 1965年塞爾馬到蒙哥馬利投票權遊行（MARCH FOR VOTING RIGHTS）by JAMES KARALES, 1965
照片，收藏於詹姆斯卡拉列斯收藏系列，杜克大學稀有書籍、手抄本和特別收藏圖書館。
Photographic print. Located in the James Karales Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.兩萬多名群眾展開連續四天爭取投票權大遊行。此照傳達對自由的渴望，成為民權運動的時代見證，歷經半世紀依舊迴盪人心。
On March 25, 1965, 25,000 participants concluded a four-day, 54-mile march for voting rights in Alabama. Karales’s photograph illustrates how the desire for freedom is the shared heritage of all Americans. It also captures a timeless image from a fleeting moment - one that still haunts the American conscience.
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20b. 給布克華盛頓的階梯（LADDER FOR BOOKER T. WT）by MARTIN PURYEAR, 1996
木頭（梣木、槭木），1097.28 x 57.785公分，頂端縮至3.175 x 7.6 公分。沃斯堡現代美術館收藏，魯絲卡特史蒂文森交換致贈。
Wood (ash and maple), 432 x 22 3/4 in., narrowing at the top to 1 1/4 x 3 in. (1097.28 x 57.785.cm., narrowing to 3.175 x 7.6 cm.). Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson, by Exchange.雅各天梯象徵進取、超越與救贖，猶如教育家布克華盛頓的一生。
The association of ladders with ambition, transcendence, salvation was a vital part of the educator’s life.
