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Virtual Lecture: The Soiling of Old Glory

Louis P. Masur, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will deliver a lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, on Stanley Forman’s iconic 1976 photograph depicting a Black civil rights activist in Boston being assaulted by a white man with a flagpole with the U.S. flag. The photograph was the subject of Dr. Masur’s 2008 book of the same title. His talk is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… which…

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March 19, 2026 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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Fairfield University Art Museum

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Louis P. Masur, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will deliver a lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, on Stanley Forman’s iconic 1976 photograph depicting a Black civil rights activist in Boston being assaulted by a white man with a flagpole with the U.S. flag. The photograph was the subject of Dr. Masur’s 2008 book of the same title.
His talk is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition For Which It Stands… which includes a print of Forman’s photograph from the Fairfield University Art Museum’s permanent collection. For more information on the exhibition, click here.

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For Which It Stands…

This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 75 works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents…

Bellermine Hall – Fairfield University

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