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The story was extensively covered in both local and national media. Those who would censor the work cited its depiction of slavery and the murder of a Native American as traumatizing to some students of color. Others, including NCAC and the leaders of four of San Francisco’s top visual arts institutions, argued that it is an artistic and historical treasure that does not celebrate the life of George Washington uncritically, but rather depicts him as complicit in slavery and the violent pursuit of America’s “Manifest Destiny.”
The story was extensively covered in both local and national media. Those who would censor the work cited its depiction of slavery and the murder of a Native American as traumatizing to some students of color. Others, including NCAC and the leaders of four of San Francisco’s top visual arts institutions, argued that it is an artistic and historical treasure that does not celebrate the life of George Washington uncritically, but rather depicts him as complicit in slavery and the violent pursuit of America’s “Manifest Destiny.”
|description_of_result=On June 25, 2019, the San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to remove/paint over the murals.
|description_of_result=On June 25, 2019, the San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to remove/paint over the murals. But in early August, after months of public pressure, the Board nullified their vote:
 
"In a compromise that did not appear to end the fight, the San Francisco Board of Education voted Tuesday night to conceal, but not destroy, a series of Depression-era school murals that some considered offensive to Native Americans and African-Americans.
 
"The 4-to-3 vote, which came after a tense and emotional meeting, nullified the board’s earlier vote to paint over the murals, a decision that had brought widespread complaints of censorship."
(NYTimes, August 14, 2019)
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|image=Arnautoff, Life of Washington.jpg
|source=Photo: Amanda Law, via https://www.donnagraves.org/blog/2018/2/27/citywide-historic-context-for-new-deal-san-francisco
|source=Photo: Amanda Law, via https://www.donnagraves.org/blog/2018/2/27/citywide-historic-context-for-new-deal-san-francisco
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CITYWIDE HISTORIC CONTEXT FOR NEW DEAL SAN FRANCISCO
CITYWIDE HISTORIC CONTEXT FOR NEW DEAL SAN FRANCISCO
https://www.donnagraves.org/blog/2018/2/27/citywide-historic-context-for-new-deal-san-francisco
https://www.donnagraves.org/blog/2018/2/27/citywide-historic-context-for-new-deal-san-francisco
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Aug. 25, 2019
Feinstein on SF mural flap: Don’t destroy it, don’t cover it up
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/Feinstein-on-SF-mural-flap-Don-t-destroy-it-14374916.php
Aug. 21, 2019
Alice Walker Defends George Washington Murals
“Why try to hide the reality of our history?” she said of the objectionable images that confronted San Francisco students every day.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/arts/design/alice-walker-defends-george-washington-murals.html
August 14, 2019
San Francisco School Board Votes to Hide, but Not Destroy, Disputed Murals
The vote, which came after a tense meeting, nullified an earlier vote to paint over Depression-era school murals that some considered offensive to minorities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/arts/san-francisco-murals-george-washington.html
August 12, 2019
Actor Danny Glover Opposes Washington High Mural Removal; Calls Plan ‘A Book Burning’
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/08/12/washington-high-mural-actor-danny-glover-book-burning/
Aug. 7, 2019
Hundreds of people flood SF school to see mural slated for destruction
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/More-than-100-people-flood-SF-school-to-see-mural-14274260.php
August 6, 2019
San Francisco NAACP Leaders Call For Preservation Of Controversial School Mural
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/08/06/san-francisco-naacp-leaders-preservation-controversial-school-mural/
Aug 2, 2019
Voters may decide whether to save or destroy historic murals
Locals push to preserve controversial 1936 WPA art at SF high school
https://sf.curbed.com/2019/8/2/20751847/racist-san-francisco-mural-washington-vote-ballot-measure
Aug. 1, 2019
More than 100 people flood SF school to see mural slated for destruction
Nanette Asimov
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/More-than-100-people-flood-SF-school-to-see-mural-14274260.php?psid=aMZbp
July 31 2019
The Shame of the Mural Censors — Why Art and History Matter
By DeWitt Cheng
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-shame-of-the-mural-censors-why-art-and-history-matter/Content?oid=27198706
July 27, 2019
The Case for Keeping San Francisco’s Disputed George Washington Murals
Exposure to art — even uncomfortable art — is healthy, stimulating, and worthy of students’ debate.
ROBERTA SMITH
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/arts/design/george-washington-san-francisco-murals.html
July 27, 2019
Screaming match erupts over vote to remove Washington mural at San Francisco high school - CNN Video
https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2019/07/27/school-board-votes-to-remove-historic-mural-san-francisco-smerconish-vpx.cnn
July 25, 2019
PD Editorial: Don’t destroy San Francisco school’s Washington mural
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/9830114-181/pd-editorial-dont-destroy-the?sba=AAS
July 25, 2019
PD Editorial: Don’t destroy San Francisco school’s Washington mural
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/9830114-181/pd-editorial-dont-destroy-the?sba=AAS
JULY 2019
Destroying Antiracist Art Will Not End Racism
BY AQSA AHMAD
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/07/art-san-francisco-george-washington
JULY 23, 2019
Whitewashing American History: the WPA Mural Controversy in San Francisco
by JACK HEYMAN
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/whitewashing-american-history-the-wpa-mural-controversy-in-san-francisco/
JULY 22, 2019
Move to erase George Washington mural sparks firestorm among Dems
By CARLA MARINUCCI
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/george-washington-mural-san-francisco-1424425
San Francisco Highschool Pledges to Paint Over Washington Mural
By Victor Westerkamp
https://www.ntd.com/san-francisco-highschool-pledges-to-paint-over-washington-mural_359863.html


NCAC Op-Ed July 12, 2019
NCAC Op-Ed July 12, 2019
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