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Street Meeting': Siqueiros's Controversial Pro-Union Mural

David Alfaro Siquieros's provocative mural "Street Meeting" challenged racial prejudice and hostility around labor organizing in 1930s Los Angeles. Depicting a multi-racial union meeting, the mural was met with backlash and destroyed shortly after its unveiling. Today, paint and mural experts engage in efforts to preserve the legacy of Siqueiros's muralism in L.A.