LIBERTY AND EQUALITY

This is an altered graphic from a vintage Shirley Chisholm political button.  Chisholm made a bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1972.  On the original button, the name "Chisholm" and date "72" appear in the center of the image.

A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICA

This is an altered graphic from a vintage Al Sharpton political button.  Sharpton made a bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2004.  The original button features a photo of Sharpton, along with the words "REV AL SHARPTON".

NOW IS THE TIME - WIN, WIN

This is an altered graphic from a vintage Jesse Jackson political button.  Jackson made bids for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988.  The original button features a photo of Jackson, along with the words "Jackson for President '84".

PRESIDENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE

This is an altered graphic from a vintage Shirley Chisholm political button.  Chisholm made a bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1972.  The original button features the candidate's photo in the center, along with the name "CHISHOLM" above.

SOME READING & VIEWING

Shirley Chisholm, the Democrats' forgotten hero by Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

"On one side of the ledger, Chisholm is the unacknowledged grandma of today’s multiracial, multicultural, female-friendly Democratic Party, a direct antecedent to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. On the other side, Chisholm – and her unlikely friendship with segregationist George Wallace — represents a road not taken, a semi-impossible dream of activist, class-based, cross-racial, coalition politics that might, just might, have produced a much different America than the one we live in today."

read the article


Race 2012, a PBS Election 2012 special

"Race 2012, a PBS Election 2012 special, is a provocative conversation about race and politics that documents the changing face of America, and how that change may affect the country’s political 
future. "  Watch it here.

Barack X…. Our Intv w/ Jelani Cobb about Obama, Race & Black Image by Davey D

Read it here

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MORE ARTWORK BY SUZANNE BROUGHEL

Here are links to view more work by Suzanne Broughel:

Forty Acres of Bandaids

Skowhegan website

The tART Collective