Dozens of artists gathered in Crenshaw at the site of 'Our Mighty Contribution' mural to celebrate plans to update the artwork as part of the $100-million Destination Crenshaw project, a 1.3-mile monument to Black L.A.
The mural stands 10 feet tall and stretches more than 7,800-feet along Crenshaw Boulevard in the heart of South L.A. It features striking images of Frederick Douglas, Harriett Tubman, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a host of other heroes of the Black community.
The wall was originally a canvas for local graffiti artists but was later adopted by a group of painters, known as Rocking the Nation Crew, who helped come up with the idea of highlighting Black history with Crenshaw as its backdrop. The historically Black neighborhood has already begun to gentrify and with the impending arrival of the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Line, known as the K Line, Walker and Greenfield agreed that it is increasingly important to retain as much of the neighborhood’s history as possible.
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