An excerpt from the introduction to the catalog of the 50th Anniversary Exhibit of 50 of the Original suite of 90 drawings by Burton Silverman and Harvey Dinnerstein   at the Montgomery Museum of Art in Montgomery, AL in March, 2006:

Montgomery in early 1956 was alive with community awareness, grim humor, and incredible spirit. It was so much larger than ourselves and had a powerful impact on our understanding of how art could express the passions of contemporary life. It would lead to a lifelong dedication, as artists, to expressing a personal vision of our time. Although we did not then recognize it fully, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was the seminal event in the decades-long Civil Rights Movement that ensued; one that catapulted Martin Luther King onto a national stage where his vision of nonviolence made him the most respected and powerful voice on behalf of racial and class justice in America.   Our drawings, however, celebrated the ordinary men and women of the black community and recorded their passion, pain, and ultimately their triumphant spirit. We were indeed privileged to have had the opportunity to witness and record this historic moment.