Teacher: LMC Fellow Jeff Rudkin
School: Batchelor Middle School, Bloomington, IN
Full Media: Acrylic, watercolor, pencil, ink, pastel, Styrofoam and glass on paper
Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: “Walter Sommers is in the center of the picture holding a broken 'colored' sign. The broken sign symbolizes how Walter broke the tension between white and black people by inviting a black person into a white restaurant. .”
Read the artist's Impact Statement.
Learn more about Unsung Hero: Walter Sommers
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