In the context of this artwork, explore the Assistants of the History.
Rivera was assisted in the project by Thelma Johnson Streat, an African-American artist and textile designer. Life magazine also noted the assistance of Mona Hoffman, and Rivera later wrote a letter to the editor crediting Emmy Lou Packard and Arthur Niendorff as his chief assistants.
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