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"Dreaming With The Archives," a multi-city art project by the nonprofit Kinfolk Tech, asks Brooklyn Bridge Park visitors ...
Kerry James Marshall. Africa Restored (Cheryl as Cleopatra), 2003. The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow. David Hammons. African-American Flag, 1990.
And if you are a visual learner, the African American museum is a good place to soak up your Black history. These institutions are essential to preserving Black art, culture, and history.
In the midst of the MA250 celebrations exploring the history of the American Revolution and the establishment of the United ...
The early Black museums opened decades ago because the history of African Americans wasn’t included in mainstream institutions, Coleman-Robinson said. “Our museums have really been voices for ...
The course, first offered as part of a pilot program to high school students during the 2022-23 school year, covers Black history through an interdisciplinary lens, touching on historical events ...
South Carolina State Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers and the Spartanburg African American Heritage and Cultural Committee hosted a celebration event on Feb. 29, 2024 at the Spartanburg Marriott.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thirty-one quilts hang like tapestries at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, weaving history with art. Each shows a Black jockey wearing the silks they had in life.
As a curator and art historian, I’m always interested in analyzing the history of exhibition-making. Pan-Africanism as an idea was always latent in a lot of other exhibitions, and sometimes it ...