photo by mk30
A Journey of Promise is a large mural covering three walls of the staircase in the African American Museum and Library of Oakland (AAMLO). It was created in 2003 by Daniel Galvez and Patricia A. Montgomery, and features various noted African Americans including:
- Delilah Beasley
- William Shorey
- Ida Louise Jackson
- C. L. Dellums
- Mary Ellen Pleasant
- Elizabeth Flood
- Calvin Simmons
- Mifflin Wistar Gibbs - founder of California’s first black newspaper
- Esther Pancho - founder of the African American Quilt Guild of Oakland
- Allen Broussard - CA Supreme Court justice
It also includes images from history, including a black "Rosie the Riveter" and a scene recalling the Port Chicago disaster. The images are "interwoven with areas of textile pattern incorporating the colors and design elements of traditional and contemporary African American quilts." 1
The authors of The Pullman Porters and West Oakland, Thomas and Wilma Tramble, said the mural was an inspiration to them to move forward with writing the story of the Pullman Porters.
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CC SA-BY Our Oakland
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Links and References
- A Journey of Promise on dragonartplace.com
- "New Era/New Politics" tour ushers in Black History Month by Annalee Allen Oakland Tribune January 23, 2010
- New mural reflects blacks' past by Annalee Allen Oakland Tribune October 12, 2003
