Preparing to Sound the Alarm right further highlights the ongoing challenges

further highlights the ongoing challenges faced by African Americans even after serving a country that had yet to grant them full equality

This piece commands attention while celebrating the confidence

" This second version made headlines in May 2022 when it sold at Christie's auction for an astounding $15

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Preparing to Sound the Alarm right further highlights the ongoing challengesA high quality African American resin figurine by Thomas Blackshear depicting a Black female angel seated and holding an ancient horn as she prepares to sound the alarm and let all of creation know that the Day of the Lord has Cometh. This figurine was inspired by Joel 2: 1 that reads: "Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at