Bulletin 02: Reverence

Bulletin is Monument Lab’s print journal focused on crucial and creative ideas in public art, history, and design. Edited by Monument Lab Senior Curator Yolanda Wisher in partnership with the Emmett Till Interpretive Center’s Daphne R. Chamberlain and Patrick Weems, the second issue of Bulletin delves into the theme of “Reverence.” The issue’s release coincides with the 70th anniversary of Emmett Till’s lynching and Mamie Till-Mobley’s courageous acts of bearing witness in publicly mourning her son that spurred the Civil Rights Movement. As Till and Till-Mobley’s lives are enshrined in emergent monuments across the country, Bulletin captures the long-in-the-making moment of becoming and reflection. While tracing a lineage of struggle and activism for equal rights in the Mississippi Delta and beyond, the publication explores reverence as an act of beholding and belonging.   Featuring works by The Alluvial Collective, Tony Bolden, Adrienne Brown-David, Daphne R. Chamberlain, Gloria Dic