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"Our race relations are rooted deeply in the past. For some it is history, for others heritage.
For all, it is a persistent stumbling block. We have to remember together before we can forget together, and that is why I drew these portraits."
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Lois Spellman Lois was the heart and soul of our community in the Hayes Homes projects in Newark, New Jersey. All us kids loved her. She was full of fun, she knew your name and she was always happy to see you. Her husband was killed in the war in Vietnam, she was left with ten children, and she worked as a maid when she could, but her love still overflowed. She was a friend of my mother’s and she opened her home to me for birthday and slumber parties. I knew her like an aunt. She was our Auntie Mame. On July 15, 1967, as riots tore through Newark, she reached to pull her bedroom window closed against a sudden shower and three bullets from National Guard rifles struck her. They thought she was a sniper. It took 45 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, and she died that evening at 7:30. The Black Maids Tribute is dedicated to the spirit of Lois Spellman. |
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