Civil rights artist Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Catlett's "Civil Rights Congress"

The picture is of the black man that represents the Civil Rights Congress using the puppet of the KKK to torment an innocent black child. Like Bob Dylan’s mentioning the KKK are just pawns in the government’s game. Elizabeth is calling out not the pawns but the government. She is going directly to the source of discrimination and oppression. Her picture mirrors the Civil Rights movement because the people too protest against the government not the people. Her art work is a peaceful protest that stings the mind. The KKK represents death by being a skeleton and holding a noose. What is even scarier about the picture is that a black man who represents the Civil Rights Congress is controlling the KKK skeleton. This bold statement is a peaceful protest that mirrors the Civil Rights Movement’s characteristics of being peaceful and addressing the government.