The Long Walk to Freedom

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The Long Walk to Freedom

The Long Walk To Freedom: Portraits Of Civil Rights Activists Then And Now

The Long Walk to Freedom, a public art project of Community Works/California, explores a crucial time when ordinary people did extraordinary things. The actions of these people, and countless other activists, gave birth to the Civil Rights Movement, which changed the face of the nation.

Through an interactive display of photographs, archival material, and quotations, the exhibit highlights 28 civil rights activists, sixteen from New York and twelve from the San Francisco Bay Area, and explores the ways in which their inspiring lives provide an example for young people today. The exhibit was created out of a year-long project conducted by CW at George Washington High School in San Francisco, together with a two-year series of workshops conducted by Community Works/NY at the Computer School in Manhattan. During this time, students from both schools met and interviewed local activists who were part of the Civil Rights Movement in the South in the 1960s, and produced essays, letters, songs, and videos inspired by the stories they heard. Click on the names below to learn more about the Bay Area honorees of The Long Walk to Freedom.

The California Long Walk to Freedom honors Robert Allen, Frances M. Beal, Janet Clinger, Bettie Mae Fikes, Jon Fromer, Matt Herron, Philip Hutchings, Yuri Kochiyama, Carlos Muņoz, Willie B. Wazir Peacock, Eleanor Walden, and Rev. Cecil Williams.


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For information on upcoming Bay Area exhibitions of The Long Walk to Freedom, please visit our Events page.

For information on the New York version of the exhibition and seeing The Long Walk to Freedom on exhibit in New York, please visit www.communityworksnyc.org.

Robert Allen Frances M. Beal
Janet Clinger Bettie Mae Fikes
Jon Fromer Matt Herron
Philip Hutchings Yuri Kochiyama
Carlos Muņoz Willie B. Wazir Peacock
Eleanor Walden Rev. Cecil Williams

An accompanying study guide, interactive DVD, and 29-minute video on the twelve Bay Area activists are available for purchase from Community Works. Call (510) 486-2340 or email

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to inquire. For similar materials on the New York activists, visit www.communityworksnyc.org.

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