Created by artist and community organizer Kat Rodriguez, this interpretation of the Statue of Liberty was a focal point for a protest march organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2000. As part of the "March for Dignity, Dialogue, and a Fair Wage," she was carried by marchers over 230 miles between Fort Myers and Orlando, Florida, as a call for improved conditions and higher wages for agricultural workers. Rodriguez's depiction of Lady Liberty, complete with tomatoes in place of her typical torch and tablet, serves to connect the struggles of diverse migrant farmworkers with the promise of America as represented by the original Statue of Liberty.
Immokalee Statue of Liberty
Object Details
- date made
- 2000
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2004.0057.01
- accession number
- 2004.0057
- catalog number
- 2004.0057.01
- Object Name
- papier mache
- statue, statue of liberty with tomatoes
- Physical Description
- plaster, fabric, wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 142 in; x 360.68 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1255703