Keisha Finnie LLC

“We Write Ourselves In…”

Reflects on the continuing fight to realize the promises of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. While these laws established freedom, citizenship, and voting rights, history shows that those rights have never existed without people demanding them. This mural focuses on everyday individuals who continued and continue-l to do that work. Through organizing, protest, and community care, ordinary people shape the meaning of justice in their own time and their own right. By centering these figures, this series honors those who refuse to be erased and reminds us that change doesn’t simply happen in courts or legislation, it is demanded through the actions of people who push to be seen, heard, and counted.

**Fun Fact (swipe): I painted each piece of this mural in my 10x10’ extra art room in my apartment. Each portrait was no bigger than my hand and I had to use a number 1 and 2 brush most of the time. I finished the day before Lydia Hamilton Smiths birthday, February 14.

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Happy Juneteenth ✊🏽🖤💚💛❤️

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6 years ago, the world changed forever with the killing of George Floyd, broadcasted for everyone to see.

Seeing my people killed through police brutality moved something in me that I could no longer ignore. It pushed me to use the one tool I knew best; ART.

That was the first time I ever protested in my life, but I knew I needed to create something in that moment. I still remember how it felt standing in the middle of it all, hearing protesters echo through the streets right next to the police station, working alongside my homies

It was my second public art installation, and I had no idea what I was doing but I knew it mattered.

That moment, that pain, and that time in history changed my life and my career forever as it did the world. To this day it’s still being shared and studied in universities I’ve never even stepped foot in. 🥹✊🏽🖤

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