Silkscreen on fabric

34 x 24 inches

44 x 34 inches, framed

A rare white ink on red-dyed cloth background (as opposed to the more conspicuous red ink on white background.) 

A powerful and startling anti-lynching image from the earliest days of the Civil Rights movement. Displayed is a clenched hand holding a protest sign in front of a factory, "Stop Lynching," above the caption "Shame of America."

The Rebel Arts Group, founded in New York City in 1934, was a leftist artists cooperative that supported various labor, socialist, and communist movements through the arts.