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Committee outlines next steps for Toni Morrison portrait donation for Vernice Jackson; school board review and display protections recommended
Summary
The committee reviewed a donated Toni Morrison portrait to honor former teacher Vernice Jackson, discussed likely school‑based display, raised content and audience concerns and recommended protective mounting and signage before formal acceptance and placement.
Committee members discussed a proposed donation: a 44-by-36 inch canvas portrait of Toni Morrison painted over excerpts from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, offered in memory of longtime educator Vernice Jackson.
The committee said the work is a one‑of‑a‑kind canvas by the artist Romeo Mivikannan (based in Toulouse, France), and that donors have already delivered the piece. Members discussed possible institutional placements, including the middle school auditorium and…
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