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Shawn Harper/American Family Insurance Institute Let s Talk About It documents the murals downtown, but also is meant to spark conversation.
Letâs Talk About It: The Art, the Artists and the Racial Justice Movement on Madisonâs State Street is more than a coffee table book. Itâs a conversation-starter for a hard conversation.
The hefty volume (more than four pounds!), complete with slipcase, is a joint project of the city of Madison and the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. It documents the more than 100 murals commissioned by the city created on the plywood that covered downtown store windows following the protests of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the end of May.