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The painting Yes we can
The oil on canvas painting, titled YES WE CAN, was started in 2010 and conpleted in 2017 by the artist painter Pascal Mpeck. It measures 63 x 55 inches, it is a donation from owner of the artwork, the Honorable John Jackson Kennedy, to the city of Pasadena. The work was officially inaugurated by the Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California Judy May Chu, on February 28, 2018 at the Central Library of Pasadena California.

The imagery is a progressive montage of African culture and is meant to represent cultural connections and continiuum between Africa and America. In the background, the representation of Kings and Queens of the African continent in traditional dress and context, which are followed by prominent African American historical figures, such as Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass with Barack Obama, the 44th United States President, in the foreground. Symbolically, the imagery shows the progression of the African peoples Culture and History to the American continent. Acknowledges the progression and advancement of the key personnages, leading up to the first African-American president of the United States of America.