missing pieces of history

 

The passage of time has left missing pieces of history in this mural located in East Lubbock.  There's no date so it's difficult to know how long the mural has weathered.  There's not much information-- a sidebar notes "Clea Verven" as the artist with names under "Art Corps."  The subject is apropos for the neighbor honoring both national and local black leaders (Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King, Mary Bethune as well as Lubbock educator Struggs and physician  Chatman). This neighborhood shopping center is occupied by a catering company, two beauty shops, a barber shop and an insurance agency.  Businesses seldom support art; too bad that this mural can't be touched up.  But most people, like me, probably don't know it exists.

 

East Lubbock Mural

504 East 23rd Street

Lubbock, Texas