{"id":4381,"date":"2019-05-06T21:40:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T21:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/library\/2019\/05\/06\/from-jim-crow-to-our-altar-murals-reflections-of-our-past-and-present-building-for-our-future\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:34:46","slug":"from-jim-crow-to-our-altar-murals-reflections-of-our-past-and-present-building-for-our-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/2019\/05\/06\/from-jim-crow-to-our-altar-murals-reflections-of-our-past-and-present-building-for-our-future\/","title":{"rendered":"From Jim Crow to Our Altar Murals: Reflections of Our Past and Present, Building for Our Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, April 27th, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/education\/index.aspx\">Attallah College of Educational Studies<\/a> hosted their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/education\/events\/ethnic-studies.aspx\">4th Annual Education and Ethnic Studies Summit<\/a>. The theme of this year&#8217;s summit was &#8220;Ethnic Studies Community Movements: From Resistance to Policy.&#8221; As a part of the summit, the Leatherby Libraries hosted a reception celebrating the opening of an art exhibition by students from Santa Ana&#8217;s Valley High School, entitled &#8220;From Jim Crow to Our Altar Murals: Reflections of Our Past and Present, Building for Our Future.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4381 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/rguzfosntniywdkmq0ulrq_thumb_2d31\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2019\/05\/rgUZFoSNTniYwDKmq0uLRQ_thumb_2d31-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A man in a hat stands behind a microphone on a podium.\" 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To tell this narrative the youth created murals using wheat paste paper as the genre. The main mural is the timeline of racism that leads to mass incarceration of people of color. Three other murals tell the stories of young men killed by violent racist society brought upon us by this history. The students created \u201cAltar Murals\u201d to celebrate the lives of these young men. The works presented at Chapman University are duplicates of original art displayed in the halls of Valley HS. Both wheat paste and mural-making have been used by social justice movements to spread ideas to the masses.<\/p>\n<p>At the reception, teacher Benjamin\u00a0V\u00e1zquez spoke about his class and their process, from reading Michelle Alexander&#8217;s book to creating the murals. He was followed by three students, Joe Sanchez, Alexia Parra, and Ariana Alonso, who each spoke about their experience in the class. As Ariana said in her description of what she learned, &#8220;When we acknowledge each other, we create change. When we don&#8217;t acknowledge each other, things stay the same.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4379\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2019\/05\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_2d4a.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4379\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2019\/05\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_2d4a.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd stands in a narrow hallway, looking at art on the walls. 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