The Highwaymen murals
Subtitle: Al Black's concrete dreams
By: Gary Monroe.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780813033594
Subjects: Black, Al, -- 1945-; Central Florida Reception Center; Florida Highwaymen (Group of painters); Mural painting and decoration, American -- Florida -- 20th century; Mural painting and decoration, American -- Florida -- 21st century
Description: Monroe presents a collection of paintings by Al Black, an artist who was part of the Highwaymen, a group of self-trained African American painters who sold works out of the trunks of their cars during the 1960s and 70s. In the introduction, Monroe tells the unique story of how Black went to prison for fraud and drug possession but continued to paint landscapes and murals there.