September 6, 2024
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION African-American News&Issues
“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”
Vol. 29, Issue 34
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HARRIET TUBMAN MURAL BY BIMBO ADENUGBA AND VICTOR ASH
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM MURAL By: Shelley McKinley
The latest public art installment entitled, ‘From Slavery to Freedom,’ was co-created by Bimbo Adenugba and Victor Ash, and is featured on the side of the building at 1310 Preston St., which was formerly the Cotton Exchange of Houston. Cotton is symbolic of slavery in the United States for most descendants of the enslaved, so when looking at the mural from left to right it is the representation of the African continent with the map and elephants, where enslaved people came from, to the larger depiction of Harriet Tubman, who led many of the enslaved people to freedom
in the northern states of the USA. As Adenugba explained, “The two murals are actually unified, and features an arrow of freedom.” “First you formulate the idea and look at the space available. You design based upon the space,” explained Adenugba. ‘From Slavery to Freedom’ is on a brown building with lots of windows. The design incorporated the windows, and used the color of the building to accentuate Harriet Tubman’s skin tone. The wall, therefore, is a part of the design. Mural on pg. 3
COCO ELIMINATED By: Brian Lewis
This is pretty much all anyone needs to know about defending champion Coco Gauff ’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Emma Navarro in the US Open’s fourth round Sunday: Gauff wound up with more double-faults, 19, than winners, 14. It was the latest in a series of early-for-her exits in recent weeks, including bowing out in the third round at the Paris Olympics, then going 1-2 at hardcourt tuneup events before arriving in New York. “I feel like there’s 70 other players in the draw that would love to have the summer that I had, even though it’s [the] least, probably, [I’ve] done well during this time of the year,” said the No. 3-seeded Gauff, who went 18-1 during the North American swing on hard courts 12 months ago, including the run to her first Coco on pg. 4