Janet Braun-Reinitz Explained

Janet Braun-Reinitz
Birth Name:Janet Braun
Nationality:American
Occupation:Painter, muralist
Years Active:1961 - 2023
Known For:Freedom Riders
Notable Works:"An Interracial Journey"

Janet Braun-Reinitz (1938 – 2023) was a muralist, painter and activist committed to social justice. Her ongoing involvement in civil rights activism began in 1961 when she was a Freedom Rider. During one incident in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was arrested and was jailed from July 8 to 15. She subsequently worked at the national office of CORE and was the head of the CORE chapter in Rochester, NY in 1962–3.[1] She was the subject of the documentary, Interview with Janet Braun-Reinitz for the Freedom Riders 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001, published by the University of Mississippi,[2] [3] excerpts are included in the film, The Children Shall Lead (2001).[4]

In 1983, she co-founded Tasteful Ladies for Peace of Ithaca, New York. This organization was involved in peaceful protests promoting reproductive choice and protesting against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.[5]

Braun-Reinitz then worked as a muralist and studio artist based in New York City.[6] [7] [8] Since she began creating murals in 1984, Braun-Reinitz had painted more than 60 murals in seven countries, including India, Ghana, England, Georgia, Italy, Nicaragua and the United States. Her 3,300-square-foot mural titled "When Women Pursue Justice" can be found in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. This mural was created in collaboration with 12 other women artists and Artmakers Inc. (see documentary films, The Women of Nostrand and Greene, Dave Reinitz, H2F Productions, 2006; Beyond the Walls, Gail Embrey, Power Surge Productions, 2014.)

Her studio work is in collections as diverse as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Oakland Museum of California, Bristol-Myers Squibb, PAD/D Archives and MOMA.

Braun-Reinitz died on May 3, 2023, at age 85.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Braun-Reinitz, Janet . Welcome to the Civil Rights Digital Library . 2018-02-23 . 2018-03-20. 2018-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320232752/http://crdl.usg.edu/people/b/braun_reinitz_janet/?Welcome.
  2. Web site: Interview with Janet Braun-Reinitz for the Freedom Riders 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 :: Freedom Riders Oral Histories . University of Mississippi Digital Collections . 2018-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320232453/http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/ref/collection/freeriders/id/41. 2018-03-20.
  3. Web site: Institute . Winter . The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. Janet Braun-Reinitz . Vimeo . 2018-03-20 . 2018-03-20. 2018-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320231513/https://vimeo.com/70332051.
  4. Web site: The Children Shall Lead . Winter Institute . 2018-03-20.
  5. Web site: Braun-Reinitz' '73 Art Featured in Venice - Hobart and William Smith Colleges . www2.hws.edu . Hobart and William Smith Colleges . 24 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Answers About New York City's Community Murals. The New York Times. 2017-09-11. City Room. 2018-03-20.
  7. Web site: Post . Scott Elingburg Special to The . Artist, activist and Freedom Rider brings participatory postcard project to Fabulon . Post and Courier . 2017-10-12 . 2018-03-20.
  8. Web site: Hardaway . Mary Scott . Former Freedom Rider Janet Braun-Reinitz teams ups with U.K. artist in politically motivated series - Features . Charleston City Paper . 2018-03-20.
  9. Web site: Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans -- . 2023-10-26 . www.crmvet.org.
  10. Book: Braun-Reinitz, J. . Weissman . J. . On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City . University Press of Mississippi . 2009 . 978-1-60473-111-8 . 2018-03-21 .
  11. Book: Braun-Reinitz . Janet . The mural book : a practical guide for educators . November 7, 2001 . CrystalProductions . 978-1562902414 . Book2.

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