Diga-Brazil Commercial

Diga-Brazil offers bed and breakfast style accommodations in Bahia, Brazil. Offering a Bilingual host, and a local Bahian chef to prepare breakfast and lunch daily. http://www.digabrazil.com Where Brazil was born: Salvador, Bahia. Diga Brazil is excited to introduce you to the magical city of Salvador located just thirteen degrees below the equator along the beautiful Northeast coastline …

Ernie Barnes this is My Art

ABOUT THE ARTIST- Americans became familiar with the art of Ernie Barnes via the television show “Good Times,” and his appointment as the Official Artist of the XXIII Olympiad at Los Angeles. But his work gained critical acclaim and collector strength through Manhattan’s prestigious Grand Central Art Galleries. Today, he continues to be one of …

Friends of African and African American Art Celebrate 50 Years At DIA

DETROIT, MI – Where were you during the summer of 1962? ‘…The Friends of African and African Art (originally-African Art Gallery Committee) formed a committee to acquire art to establish a new gallery dedicated to the traditional art of Africa. This is one of the oldest auxiliary groups at the DIA. Its mission is to …

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art

Published on Nov 2, 2012 Larry and Brenda Thompson have amassed a remarkable collection of art by African Americans from around the nation. In 2009, the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland organized this exhibition from the Thompsons’ collection. In 2011, it helped open the remodeled and expanded Georgia Museum of Art, …

‘Blackboard Wars’ Season Finale: Art Saves Homeless Teen Allen Lefort’s Life (VIDEO)

By OWN Life in New Orleans is rough. Eighteen-year-old John McDonogh High School student Allen Lefort ended up homeless after a series of struggles — his father’s overdose and his brother’s death among them. In this clip from the season finale of “Blackboard Wars,” Lefort, after a suicide attempt and an intervention from school principal …

Jackie Robinson Story HD (Video)

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey. movieclips “movie clips” movieclipstrailers “new trailers” “trailers HD” hd trailers movieclipsDOTcom “brooklyn dodgers” “branch rickey” baseball “jackie robinson” baseball sports history drama “african american” bat ball pitcher runner catcher warner bros biopic inspirational …

Laylah Ali’s Greenheads Are More Than They Seem (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Laylah Ali creates images which are as simple as comic books and as complex and hieroglyphics. Their flat, cartoonish aesthetic sharply contrasts their aggressive and ambiguous subject matter, creating an ambiguously violent viewing experience. Ali creates both intuitive drawings, made in a process she likens to notetaking, and far more meticulous gauche-on-paper paintings, which can …

Toni Morrison – Mini Bio

Born Chloe Anthony Wofford, in 1931 in Lorain (Ohio), the second of four children in a black working-class family. Displayed an early interest in literature. Studied humanities at Howard and Cornell Universities, followed by an academic career at Texas Southern University, Howard University, Yale, and since 1989, a chair at Princeton University. She has also …

Santigold ‘Disparate Youth’ Off ‘Master Of My Make Believe’ (VIDEO)

Most of the world knows Santi White by the name Santigold, her stage name, and the title of the 2008 debut album that got everyone talking. Now it’s the Philly-born singer’s upcoming album that’s making headlines. Coinciding with the NYT premiere of the cover art for the May 1 album Master Of My Make Believe, …

Blue Eyed Soul Singers – Is There A Visual Preference For Whiteness? (VIDEO)

Blue Eyed Soul Singers Justin Timberlake  For his debut album, “Justified,” Timberlake enlisted hip-hop producers Timbaland and Pharrell Williams and has since kept close ties to hip-hop and R&B by appearing on songs with Beyonce, T-Pain, Ciara and Snoop Dogg, to name a few. Adele Known for her soulful tracks, the Grammy Award-winning singer has …