A Case for Injustice

From introduction: 'In the late 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement struggled in pursuit of social justice and equal rights under the law for Black Americans in the United States. At the forefront of the movement were artists like David Hammons, who used their work to progress the cause. Hammons resided in and around Watts during the 1960s, a key battle ground in the fight for equality. As a result, his work was politically driven and rooted in the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement. David Hammons’s ​Injustice Case ​is a commanding “body print” that brought to light atrocities inflicted on blacks nationwide. ​Injustice Case ​is an emblem of the Black Arts Movement as it is a confrontation to the existing status quo on race and destabilizes hegemonic power.'