[EL PAÍS] ‘The Great Wall of Los Angeles’: An alternative version of US history turned into street art

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Schools have taught alternative versions of United States history for decades — a fact that continues to be the source of controversy. Hundreds of books have been devoted to reviewing and reinterpreting the country’s founding. Political discourse has changed too, incorporating new points of view. In Los Angeles, Judy Baca chose to tell her version of the nation’s unofficial history out in the open and for all to see. The Chicana artist and activist — one of the movement’s most important figures — has been doing this work since 1976, concentrating her efforts in a project that has survived to the present day: The Great Wall of Los Angeles.

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