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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…

[Washington Post] Judy Baca’s nearly 50-year-old Great Wall has never been more relevant to the monument wars

[Washington Post] Judy Baca’s nearly 50-year-old Great Wall has never been more relevant to the monument wars

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January 20, 2022 by Philip Kennicott LOS ANGELES — When Judy Baca and a team of 80 kids began painting “The History of California” in 1976, almost no one considered the 1,000-foot-long mural project a monument. Since then, the painting has grown to more than 2,750 feet, and is known as the Great Wall of Los Angeles….