Continued Growth

Reilly Powers is a freshman studying Art Education and Studio Arts at Miami, and her artwork titled Continued Growth represents “the importance of the land that once was a part of Freedom Summer,” the 1964 voter registration drive where hundreds of activists trained on Miami grounds to increase voter registration in Mississippi.

“The three limbs of the tree represent James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner,” three activists who were murdered in Mississippi while registering black voters. Powers seeks to honor their memory and sacrifices with her artwork.