She, Who Said No: Montgomery 1955

The completed book from my civil rights project, focusing on Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. designed to suggest that this book could be passed between people in secret, I wanted to keep the format small and compact. This book is meant to remind the owner that it's always okay to say "no" to an oppressor.

Civil Rights Project; She, Who Said No

Sample pieces from the most recent project, which has a civil rights theme, more specifically, the actions of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycotts. My primary textual research so far has been Voices of Freedom by Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer, I highly recommend the book as it has oral accounts of the civil rights movement from those most involved, reading these first hand accounts of events is both interesting and sobering. With my research having a significant focus on first hand accounts I wanted to add a very distinct human element into the design, by using primarily brush and hand made ink prints to the piece I feel like i've achieved this, I also wanted to add an interesting spin on the fist iconography thats usually associated with the civil rights movement. The project is far from over so hopefully I can expand on more of the themes in a visual manor.