RESIST! A Visual History of Protest - Softcover

McMahon, Margot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0984621296 ISBN 13: 9780984621293

Publisher: Aquarius Press LLC, 2022

Synopsis

Like the silk map slipped from parachutist Franklin McMahon's sleeve offering escape from the German P.O.W. camp, daughter and author Margot, describes the astonishing world then flung upon him from 1945-2012.  Her evocative words startle the reader to life, as we follow Franklin and Irene parents to a family of nine, immersed in a lifetime of struggle for social justice! They provoke us to confront truth via vivid pencil drawings, historic voice, faith and film in order to Resist and Answer:  What have you done today for justice?  --Kathleen Osberger, L.C.S.W., Chicago community organizer, activist and therapist

The true story of the later years of Franklin McMahon, artist-reporter for many powerful moments in U.S. History, from the Emmett Till Trial to the Apollo missions. McMahon was a WWII Army Air Corps veteran and former prisoner of war in Germany who made it back home to Chicago to his sweetheart Irene. McMahon became an award-winning presidential artist, among numerous additional honors. This book is the final in a series by Franklin's daughter, Margot McMahon. This book is part of the RESIST! exhibitions in museums nationwide. 

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About the Author

Margot McMahon, daughter of Franklin McMahon, is an internationally-acclaimed artist and sculptor with work exhibited at the Smithsonian and around the world in public and private collections. Her work appears in the permanent collections of Yale University, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the John D. MacArthur State Park, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, The National Portrait Gallery, the Chicago History Museum, The Chicago Botanic Garden, and Soka Gakkai International. Over a period of five years, McMahon explored and interpreted her Irish Catholic heritage in the creation of art for St. Patrick's Church in Lake Forest, Illinois. Margot earned an MFA from Yale University and taught sculpture and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University and Yale University. She lives in Chicago with her husband. Their three grown children live on three coasts: Seattle, Chicago, and New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aquarius Press LLC
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0984621296
• ISBN 13: 9780984621293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50