"The Montgomery Alabama Riverfront brawl that unfolded when a group of White men attacked a Black dockworker over access to a boat parking spot last Saturday, August 5, ignited a fervent response from various bystanders who quickly jumped into action. The scene garnered international headlines and memes aplenty, as social media users celebrate the 16-year-old ‘Black Aquaman’ who swam to the scene to defend the dockworker and everyone else who joined forces. But the Internet has appointed the unnamed Black man equipped with a white folding chair as the most iconic fighter of the brawl, and the chair motif was quickly adapted into a variety of memes, fan art, merchandise, and even a tattoo. ...”
Artist and social media user Premimathieu ‘Premi’ Sterlin’s “Alabama Sweet Tea Party” (2023), a Photoshop revision of Ernie Barnes’s “Sugar Shack” (1976) with elements from the Riverfront brawl that took place in Montgomery, Alabama, last Saturday
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