A Man Was Lynched by the Police Yesterday reimagine a flag flown by the NAACP in the 1930s to protest racial violence. Scott’s flag replaces the original phrase “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday” with a stark acknowledgment of modern police brutality. Displayed publicly, it confronts viewers with the ongoing realities of systemic racism and state violence, bridging historical struggle with present-day injustice.

A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday, 2015
Dread Scott
Screen print on fabric
150 x 95 cm
Edition of 10 plus 2 AP
