Print in black ink of a black boy sitting on a stool. Behind him looms a skeleton in a white hooded costume holding a noose. The skeleton is held back by a larger-than-life black man in glasses, William Patterson, who reaches in from the right side of the image wearing a banner that reads, "CRC."

Civil Rights Congress

1949

Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

United States

This print, Civil Rights Congress, was produced in Mexico but represents Elizabeth Catlett’s continued concern for the condition of the African American community in the United States. The piece commemorates William Patterson, a member of the Communist Party and the national executive secretary of the Civil Rights Congress.

Linocut on cream wove paper

Prints and Drawings

African American artists

African Diaspora

SAIC Alumni and Faculty

Women artists