Local man paints civil rights leaders, now on display at Fairfield High School Man creates 16 Civil Rights portraits By Morgan Parrish | February 11, 2021 at 6:55 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 6:55 PM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Following the Black Lives Matter events that took place this past summer, a local man decided to do some research on the history of racial injustice. What he found led him to do some paintings highlighting the true African American heroes in our country. It all started with the death of George Floyd, John Wiehe explains. “A couple weeks after, I painted George just as a tribute to him,” Wiehe said.