In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries will be clo

In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 15. We will re-open for public hours on Tuesday, January 16, at 1:00. 

This linoleum print by Elizabeth Catlett, titled “My Right Is a Future of Equality with Other Americans,” comes from The Negro Woman portfolio of 1946-1947. The image of a woman looking forward to a brighter future calls to mind Dr. King’s dream that: 

“One day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’.”

The image is reproduced from the 2005 exhibition catalog Elizabeth Catlett: In the Image of the People, which is available in our reference collection.