点评:This is an incredible piece of artwork that tells an amazing story of African Americans from slavery to present day. What's more amazing is the artist, Ed Dwight, to designed and produced this memorial. Ed Dwight was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot entering in 1953. He went through the original group of USAF pilots training to become part of the first group of selected astronauts. He was not chosen with much speculation it was for racial reasons. Ed Dwight resigned from the USAF after 13 years because the discrimination he was experiencing according to an interview he did years later. Ed Wight went on to become a famous artist and sculptor who produced many public art pieces like this monument as well as smaller pieces that are still in high demand.
翻译:这是一件令人难以置信的艺术品,讲述了非裔美国人从奴隶制到现在的精彩故事。更令人惊叹的是艺术家Ed Dwight 设计并制作了这座纪念馆。埃德·德怀特 (Ed Dwight) 是 1953 年入职的美国空军战斗机飞行员。他接受了最初的美国空军飞行员训练,成为第一批入选的宇航员。他被选中并没有太多猜测,这是出于种族原因。埃德·德怀特 (Ed Dwight) 在服役 13 年后从美国空军辞职,根据他多年后接受的采访,他因遭受歧视而辞职。埃德·怀特后来成为一位著名的艺术家和雕塑家,创作了许多像这座纪念碑这样的公共艺术作品,以及仍然需求量很大的较小作品。