Hope david garibaldi The man dressed in black

The man dressed in black striped pants

For the wages of sin is death

A Child was born to shed the light

paired with his words on the importance of community support and lifting one another up

An open edition African American motivational poster featuring an image of two parents reading a book with their child

Hope david garibaldi The man dressed in blackThis casting comes from the original mold used to create the Sacrifice figure in Mario Chiodo's, The Path of Thorns and Roses. Hope depicts an African American man holding the unbloomed "Rose of Freedom" as he stands on his tiptoes to avoid the thorns of oppression beneath him. The Path of Thorns and Roses is a bronze sculpture that resides at the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. It was selected and commissioned by