In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...
D.G. Martin discusses The Mecklenburg Resolves and The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence as America's 250th birthday ...
The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...