Maple Damien

15th Amendment

My key event made it so that any US citizen could not be prevented from voting based on race, gender, or previous condition of servitude. My artwork depicts African Americans going to a poll box where a box that would have carried oranges to a grocery store before being used as a ballot drop box. I used the following words and phrases in my work: poll, ballot, diversity, segregation, vote, justice, freedom, poverty, human, citizens, and rights. I chose these words because they show both sides of the argument, they show that side after the 15th amendment was passed; they also portray the side of things before the amendment was passed. I showed refinement by adding to my work while also making it more representative of my topic. I showed effort by using different images to make my picture as realistic as possible. Using all of these techniques I was able to create a piece of art that represents the 15th amendment and why it was so important to combat segregation.

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