For decades, unrecognised for his work and deliberately forgotten, Rustin made possible many of the key cornerstones of civil rights which would otherwise have not seen the light of day

Writing in her seminal Art on My Mind: Visual Politics, bell hooks observed that “white folks often have greater access to the work of black artists and to the critical apparatus that allows for understanding and appreciation of the work”.

One-hundred years to build but only two to take down; in its day, the Aztec Empire was the most powerful force in Mesoamerica. Now, despite the advances it made, its legacy has been almost entirely wiped out by the Spanish Conquistadors.

In today’s landscape of political uncertainty and daily protests, we might ask ourselves what the value of studying and analyzing the democratic polis of Athens is. Does it mirror our society today? Do we look at it as a model, an ideal to reach?