The racial-justice-themed windows replace the Confederate-themed stained glass that was removed in 2017.
magazine’s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world, Marshall is celebrated for his artistic representations of Black life in America.
It depicted Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as well as a Confederate flag. Below the windows were stone tablets that “basically made the [Confederate generals] into Christian saints,” says Eckstrom, who recently finished a book, also titledIt wasn’t until 2015, Eckstrom says, following the shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, that the church’s then-Dean Gary Hall called for the windows’ removal, citing them as symbols of white supremacy.
“He was the unanimous number one choice, so there was very little discussion about whether or not he should do this project,” Eckstrom says.“They didn’t know if that meant $18,000 or $18 million or what,” Eckstrom says.“This is a guy whose paintings routinely sell for $20 million, and he was doing it for less than twenty bucks,” Eckstrom says. “As he describes it, this was his obligation.
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