Though for many, labor day weekend means the last gasp of summer, or a time to cash in on sales, for me it will always be about work'whether in the fields, or factories, on chain gangs or in cafeterias and offices.
So join me today in celebrating work and workers, and feel free to post your favorite songs that epitomize this day for you.
Alert: This post will be very video heavy. Most will be below the fold.
I first saw the artwork of Charles Henry Alston at Harlem Hospital, in New York City.
Labor Day, 1942, by Charles Henry Alston, the first African American supervisor for the WPA Federal Art Project Alston painted murals throughout Harlem, including depression-era murals as part of the WPA. One of his best-known murals was created by Alston and other Harlem artists for the Harlem Hospital Center. Despite some opposition to the murals because of the numbers of African-Americans prominent in the design sketches, the project moved forward with the financial support of Louis T. Wright, the first African-American physician to serve on the hospital's staff, and community support. Artists who worked on the murals included Georgette Seabrooke, Vertis Hayes, Alfred Crimi, Beauford Delaney, and photographer Morgan Smith.(Continue reading below the fold)
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