The panel, with the new set of procedures following the hearings over "Tilted Arc" in mind, suggested that the work of art be colorful, and that the artist should work with the community (i.e. ... The black community didn't understand why Ahearn would want to magnify this kind of social problem. ... Nonetheless, there needs to be some sort of limit especially if the work produced is damaging to the mold of the community. ... "Gay Liberation" by George Segal started off receiving strong objections from the Greenwich Village community and later ended as the object of a power struggle with...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Zora wanted to prove her innocence and requested a preliminary hearing which took place on September 21, 1948. Virginia Lynn Moylan explains what happened: "During the hearing, District Attorney Frank Hogan presented no evidence other than the lurid testimony of the three boys. ... She felt betrayed by her own community. ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Black people loved reading his works and hearing him read his poems at public presentations all over the country. ... With encouragement from his family and from Alston, Lawrence studied after high school at the Harlem Community Art Center, where he further developed his artistic talent. ...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The plans to eliminate token booth from subway has community groups joining the Transport Workers Union to push for the preservation of the token booth. ... In a July 2001 hearing on the plans to cut token booth clerk, Christine Balance told her story of the incident that happened to her in the subways. ... But thanks in part to the presence of a token booth clerk, who called police, her alleged assailant was arrested, "If not for the help of the token booth clerk . my perpetrator would still be on the streets today," Balance testified at the City Council Transportation Committee hearing again...

• Word Count: 2264
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Amazing Grace, Jonathan Kozol uses his unique ability to express his experiences, to the reader. He arranges the focus of the novel to modify the story. He takes the reader inside the Bronx and shows social injustice. Kozol is able to express the story in such a manner as to enable the reader to imaginatively participate, truly broadening and deepening his sense of the experience. The tools Kozol uses to invoke great emotion from the reader is what makes this book a work of art. ...

• Word Count: 4415
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School