'Power to the People' mural painted on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit

(Detroit Free Press) A renowned artist is leading a team of local teens in designing a new mural on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit.

The Spirit Plaza mural is scheduled to be unveiled at 10 a.m. on Friday, the last day of the City of Detroit's Juneteenth commemorative week. The block-long mural titled "Power to the People" will be painted on the street in the direction of Spirit Plaza.

Twenty student artists from Detroit Public Schools Community District and Detroit Heals Detroit are working with renowned artist Hubert Massey on the mural.

"This is monumental for the city," said Rochelle Riley, Detroit director of arts and culture. "People forget that the civil rights movement was big in Detroit, as well as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Montgomery. This continues work that has been going on for over a century here.

"To know that those kids from the '60s who used to shout 'Power to the people,' their voices are now being heard from these kids who chose this from all of the different artists messages that came in." ...............(more)

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