Stronger than one building
The Artdog Image(s) of Interest Shotgun, Third Ward #1, 1966, by John T. Biggers. John T. Biggers painted this image, Shotgun, Third Ward #1, in 1966–yet to me it hauntingly resonates with recent headlines. Likely inspired by a rash of arsons in black churches during the early-to-mid-1960s, Biggers chose to focus on the community, rather than the sensationalism of the fire. Then as now, the church is more than just a building, although churches were a central gathering place for the African American community during the Civil…