The sixth mural on the wall of Punta Gorda's Baker Center School is called "Community." Before desegregation took hold in the late 1960s, black children wanted a place to play and the community wanted a place for meetings. An old Army barracks was turned into the recreation center.
The Rec Center became the hub of activities for the black community. This 2023 mural by Keith Goodson depicts the Rec Center and its playground. Hurricane Donna leveled the Rec Center in 1960. The current Rec Center was built a few years later.
Linked to Monday Mural.
5 comments:
Another really good one, Jack.
It is always good when murals celebrate the history of the community as this one clearly does.
That is a lovely image to commemorate history, though a sad fact about the history of the US is the perpetuation of racial discrimination.
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A lovely historical mural. Glad the community centre was rebuilt after the 1960 hurricane.
Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Jack.
Well worth remembering.
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