Unity
Roderick Sykes would later, with this familiar style and powerful face depictions and forward facing positions, become part of the Neighborhood Pride Mural Project. Considered an extension of The Great Wall of Los Angeles, Sykes would go on to create many new community murals and hopeful murals across various multi-ethnic communities and neighborhoods. A program which united various ethnic groups and communities through mural artworks that sought to instill social power and pride within the communities that harkens back the Harlem Renaissance in which pride as well as celebrating achievement was a prominent theme.
Written by Jeffrey You, c/o '24