Personal symbols were used to emphasize subjective feelings such as: The purple "swastika" in "The Mississippi Three." The before mentioned 'bulls-eye' in "The Target." The act of the man using the "Confederate flag" as a cleaver in "Little Rock." The religious symbols on the walls in "Birmingham `63" as well as the pile of rubble near the child in the upper part of the painting resembling the mound of a grave. The child's tricycle on the porch in "Mr. Dahmer's Night Visitors." The child's rag-doll outside the house where the "Night Assassins" are planting the bomb. The Confederate flag on the arm of the policeman in "Southern Chivalry." The burning cross in "Church Burning." The zig-zag cross on which the figure lies in "Death of Rev. Reeb." The faces coming out of the darkness of ignorance into the light of realization in "Uniting for a Common Cause."

The present series was completed after one and one-half year's work, because I was unable to devote my full time to it. I embarked upon this venture with a firm belief that significant history is being made in our time and I, as a Black artist, could do no less than attempt to record - perhaps for future reference - the suffering, patience, inspiration, faith and hope of those people involved.

-WILLIAM C. BYERS
Detroit, Michigan