There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
"One of the most famous pictures (Margaret Bourke-White) took shows African-American men, women, and children lined up outside a flood relief agency. In striking contrast to their grim faces, the billboard for the National Association of Manufacturers above them depicts a smiling white family of four (and their dog) riding in a car under a banner with the ultimately ironic slogan "World's Highest Standard of Living. There's no way like the American Way." source
Recommended reading: Traveling Soul The Life of Curtis Mayfield by Todd Mayfield
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