Image taken from: http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/ss/The-Problem-We-All-Live-With-By-Norman-Rockwell.htm
Analysis of Symbols:
-Ruby (black) is wearing white-symbolizing integration
and that she is innocent
-Ruby is young meaning that this is just the beginning of
a long struggle
-Crack in the wall refers to an issue that divided the
nation
-Ruler in Ruby's hand represents law and order and the
role of the Supreme Court
-Racial slur represent a culture trying to keep dominance
-Tomato - symbolizing opposition of integration by white
America thrown by angry mob
-Yellow on the arm bands represents cowardice of the mobs
so security was needed
-Marshalls rep the role of enforcement the federal government
played, faceless- making the focus on Ruby--at the center, forced
For more complete analysis see "Then Two Pictures Are Worth Two Thousand Words" under Stacy's Pages
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