George Caleb Bingham and The Verdict of the People

Trigger warning: This article contains details of lynchings and other graphic violence necessary in maintaining slavering. This article is written in response to the petition attempting to halt the St. Louis Art Museum from loaning The Verdict of the People to Donald Trump’s inaugural luncheon. The petition reads, “George Caleb Bingham’s 1855 painting ‘Verdict of
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