A Civil War political movement reawakens — complete with capes

Even before the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests that would come to define the spring and summer of 2020, artist Hank Willis Thomas had been inspired by another moment, 160 years ago, when a political awakening around racial justice, immigration and workers’ rights coincided with a high-stakes presidential election. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/style/wide-awakes-civil-war-activists.html