After racial violence in the Gray's Ferry neighborhood made national headlines, Jane Golden and community organizers went door-to-door pitching the idea of a mural. Cynics sneered, but other residents chose this design, then lined up to have their hands photographed. The diverse, yet converging hands symbolize the community's commitment to ending racial division.
A photograph was taken of hands of people from the community Peace Wall :: Mural Arts and was transferred to a slide that was projected directly onto the mural wall at night. Golden and her crew then traced the hands and numbered the different color areas so that they could return later and fill them in.
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