Instead, Siqueiros made the central image of the mural a crucified figure. With increasing demand for low-wage immigrant labor and massive migrations of Mexican and Central American workers to Los ...

A monumental 1930s mural ... American artists to paint murals on public buildings. Partially influenced by a mutual mentor, ...

Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were ...