In an interview two years before Purifoy's death, The Tavis Smiley Show producer Roy Hurst talked with the artist about his legacy of "protest art" and the legitimacy of the assemblage art movement.

NPR: Noah Purifoy: Art as Elegant Wreckage

And from the ashes of the riots, Purifoy created art rubble from the shattered neighborhood became objects for his "66 Signs Neon" series of art projects, establishing Purifoy as a leader in the assemblage art movement.

NPR: Noah Purifoy: Art as Elegant Wreckage