Latea’s Birthday at Affiliate Meeting
Tasha and Latea at October Gallery
Faces of a Movement: Meet 3 Atlanta women of Black Lives Matter
Mary-Pat Hector (left) and La’Die Mansfield Photograph by Sheila Pree Bright The movement is producing leaders, most of whom are not preachers or politicians—or even men February 8, 2016  …
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African-American artists ‘REMIX’ culture, identity in new exhibit
By Kelly Petty on February 7, 2016  ColaDaily.com is your source for free news and information in Columbia and the Midlands. Pop singer Beyoncé and English band Coldplay’s music collaboration “Hymn for A …
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Patrisse Cullors-Brignac | Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter
Photo:COURTESY OF PATRISSE CULLORS-BRIGNAC Patrisse Cullors-Brignac is one of the three co-founders of one of the most powerful and demanding movements today: Black Lives Matters. Inspired by the acts of Harriet …
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Great Photo
How do you like this image? Brazilian artist Aline
Paint Party 2/6/16
Another successful paint party at October Gallery
Paint Party 2/6/16
A young painter at Paint Party. October Gallery.
Paint Party Feb 6 2016
Photo in gift shop at October Gallery.
Paint Party Feb 6, 2016
Great fun at October Gallery
African-American art, Dale Chihuly, Earl Campbell and barbecue make Tyler a charismatic destination
Madonna: Elizabeth Catlett (1919-2012). Madonna, 1982. Lithograph, 29 x 22 in. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Permanent Collection Fund Purchase. Art Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA, New York, …
How Art History Taught Me That I, A Woman Of Color, Could Create
Tricia Tongco Social Media Editor for Arts & Culture, The Huffington Post Throughout elementary and junior high, I had been a straight-A student. But by high school, I had become …
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‘I Am Running for Mayor of Baltimore’
DeRay Mckesson I love Baltimore. This city has made me the man that I am. Like an old friend, I’ve seen it at its best and its most challenged. …
The NAACP Image Awards Show The Oscars What It’s Missing
JESSE GRANT VIA GETTY IMAGES The cast of “Black-ish’” had a successful night at the 47th NAACP Image Awards. Lilly Workneh Senior Black Voices Editor, The Huffington Post The 47th NAACP …
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Global Blackness and Diasporan Dopeness
Luvvie Ajayi Award-winning writer and digital strategist who thrives at the intersection of comedy, technology and activism. I didn’t growing up knowing I was Black or having to deal with …
Maurice White, leader and founder of Earth, Wind & Fire, dies at 74
By Todd Leopold and Emanuella Grinberg, CNN (CNN)Maurice White, the Earth, Wind & Fire leader and singer who co-wrote such hits as “Shining Star,” “Sing a Song” and “September,” has died, according to …
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