Michele Williams says art is emerging as potent tool of Occupy Wall Street movement . She says this especially true of the Fairey poster that recalls black power imagery . She says art connects us to long history of marginalized people striving for equity . It offers an image of a young black woman with turtleneck sweater and iconic Afro , a la Angela Davis -- the `` uniform '' of the Black Panther Party of the 1960s and '70s . Art : by serving social function in movement as it urges interracial unity , galvanizes social change .
Michele Williams says art is emerging as potent tool of Occupy Wall Street movement . She says this especially true of the Fairey poster that recalls black power imagery . She says art connects us to long history of marginalized people striving for equity . Art : by serving social function in movement as it urges interracial unity , galvanizes social change .