“Mississippi Goddam: Too Slow” and “March on Washington,” detail from the 1960s section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural - Giclée Print

A limited edition museum archival giclée print by Judith F. Baca, reproducing two sections from the 1960s segment of the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion.

“Mississippi Goddam: Too Slow” and “March on  Washington,” detail from the 1960s  section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural, 2025
Giclée print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 
10 x 36 inches (print); 12 x 38 inches (paper) 
Edition of 30 + 1 AP

Signed and numbered by the artist, Judith F. Baca.
Unframed

Mississippi Goddam: Too Slow

Nina Simone performs at her piano, singing "Mississippi Goddam"—the anthem that called out racial injustice across the South: "Alabama's gotten me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest, And everybody knows about Mississippi, goddamn."

Years before this section was painted, Simone visited SPARC and told Baca, "You know what I want?" When Baca replied, "You want to be in the Great Wall," Simone pointed at her. "Exactly, and where do I wanna be in the Great Wall?" Baca answered, "Nina, you'll be in the 60's." Simone asked, "And how?" Baca thought and said, "Mississippi Goddam." Nina replied, "That's it."

Flanking Simone are Malcolm X and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., representing divergent strategies within the civil rights movement. Figures push and pull the hands of a monumental clock—a metaphor for the struggle between progress and regression.

March on Washington

Over 250,000 people assemble before the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, for the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." The scene captures the day of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, a pivotal moment that pressured passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The foreground portrays the activists, organizers, artists, and leaders who propelled the movement: Ossie Davis, Mahalia Jackson, James Baldwin, Sammy Davis Jr., Rosa Parks, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Rita Moreno, Rachelle Horowitz, Sidney Poitier, Whitney Young, Joan Baez, Ruby Dee, Walter Reuther, Paul Newman, Clarence B. Jones, Myrlie Evers, Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Height, Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Bob Dylan, Diahann Carroll, Joachim Prinz, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, Odetta, Muhammad Ali, Marlon Brando, and Burt Lancaster.

Proceeds support the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion and SPARC.