What Is Power? What Is Memory? - Jeremiah Day in conversation with Joanne Bland at Flat Time House

As part of the exhibition What Is Power? at Flat Time House, American artist Jeremiah Day invited civil rights activist, museum organiser and storyteller Joanne Bland to contribute a special online talk.

Bland grew up and lives in Selma, Alabama and became active in the civil rights movement when she was eight years old – part of the famed ‘Children’s Crusade’, and marched across the Selma bridge with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bland later came to realise the political meaning of memory and went on to co-found the National Voting Rights Museum to preserve the legacy and principles of ‘the struggle’. Her talks deal with the history of the Civil Rights Movement and segregation and the struggle to achieve voting rights. What Is Power? was organised by Arcade and took place at Flat Time House from 3rd June to 9th July 2023.

Participating the talk are Jeremiah Day, Joanne Bland, curator at Flat Time House, Gareth Bell-Jones, and director of Arcade, Christian Mooney.