The Problem We [still] All Live With

Norman Rockwell. The Problem We All Live With. 1964. Stockbridge Massachusetts.

Six year old Ruby Bridges was escorted by four deputy marshals to her first day at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, November 14th 1960. She continued to have escorts that year. This was the centerfold in Look Magazine January 14th 1964. Rockwell is remembered as an illustrator for Saturday Evening Post. They did not care for his politics, so he went elsewhere. Rockwell did not paint Bridges, this was the inspiration for the painting. Rockwell received sacks of hate mail.

Linda Zolten Wood, et alia. Persist. Oct 2021. Cleveland.

Recently, Rockwell's painting was an inspiration for this mural on East 185th Cleveland. In addition is Kamala Harris from Wilmington Delaware's victory celebration. The word "persist", is remembered when the Republican master in the Senate accused and complained against Elizabeth Warren.

To the left in faint print is a quotation from Harriet Tubman: 

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world.

Now this painting is ripe for people to pose with. The letters of persist, are pealing off. If one wants to see something new, come soon thereafter. Maintenance is not an American thing.