Latest Rolling Stone Cover Sends Powerful Message
By TBL Staff
Rolling Stone's latest issue features a powerful image of protesters on the cover to go along with a cover story about the Power of Black Lives Matter. The article comes in the wake of weeks of BLM protests that followed the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Tap to behold the full @RollingStone cover by @KadirNelson. Growing up, I used to love gazing at reproductions of Norman Rockwell paintings. Kadir is our Rockwell.
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 16, 2020
Click to read the cover story by one of my faves @JamilSmith. Proud to see his byline here. https://t.co/Kganc8sy4H pic.twitter.com/LBFOv3ek8r
The cover illustration called, "American Uprising," is by Kadir Nelson, who Ava DuVernay calls "our Rockwell," which is high praise.
AMERICAN UPRISING (After Delacroix’s Liberty “Leading the People”) by @KadirNelson for @RollingStone PRINTS @ https://t.co/GuDVRfkWBW in #americanuprising #artivism #kadirnelson #delacroix #libertyleadingthepeople #blacklivesmatter ? by @jungmiwha pic.twitter.com/GWjzWiq0c5
— Kadir Nelson (@KadirNelson) June 16, 2020
Nelson also did this week's powerful New Yorker cover.
“Say Their Names” by @KadirNelson for @NewYorker ➡️ https://t.co/rpM6EIe7dA ?by @jungmiwha #georgefloyd #saytheirnames #kadirnelson #blacklivesmatter #kadirnelson #printsnotforsale pic.twitter.com/CDgMrzaqLQ
— Kadir Nelson (@KadirNelson) June 14, 2020