by Jon Lackman | 16 March 2006 | Americas
Should the 28-foot mural made by Marion Greenwood for the University of Tennessee be allowed to see the light of day? “The west end of the painting in the early 1970s caused controversy among students because some saw Greenwood’s representation of blacks as stereotypical” and so it’s been covered by wood paneling ever since. Blogger Stuart Ervin offers his thoughts on a recent panel devoted to the topic, where, according to Ervin, one professor reported “the mural made him literally sick.”
