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 '''Location:''' Chicago, Illinois
-'''Description of Artwork:''' ''Diamonds Are Forever'', a baseball art exhibit sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. The exhibit included a painting titled''Boys at Bat'' which depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.
+'''Description of Artwork:''' The painting was shown in the baseball art exhibit ''Diamonds Are Forever'', sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. ''Boys at Bat'' depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.
 '''The Incident:''' Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.