The San Francisco school board voted to cover up a mural, 'Life of Washington,” depicting slaves and dead Native Americans. But ex-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown says the mural is an educational tool: “There is no other way to get the discussion going.”
When Amy Anderson and her son walked into George Washington High School years ago they felt a gut-wrenching reaction, coming face to face with a larger than life mural depicting images of slavery and dead Native Americans.
Tuesday evening, after decades of debate and outcry, the San Francisco Unified School District unanimously voted to cover up this 1936-era fresco,"Life of Washington."A fight started in the 1960sAnderson sits at Tuesday nights Board of Education meeting.The mural was commissioned by the US Government in 1936 under a New Deal art program and painted by well-known muralist Victor Arnautoff.
A hard look at the treatment of Native Americans 01:54The committee argued that the mural did not live up to the district's student-centered focus and did not represent its values of social justice, diversity, and unity. It added that the mural glorified slavery, genocide, and oppression.
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