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FAIRFAX, Va. — At a misty rally designed to gin up enthusiasm among women voters, President Barack Obama’s strongest riff was a mockery of Mitt Romney’s effort to showcase a …
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Virginia Johnson Economic factors forced the disbanding of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company in 2004. Now, eight years later, reading the series of pieces about the dearth of black …
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“On Black Art” by Ron Karenga Black Art must be for the people, by the people and from the people. That is to say, it must be functional, collective and …
The Huffington Post | By Cavan Sieczkowski Posted: 10/17/2012 2:24 pm EDT Updated: 10/17/2012 2:24 pm EDT St. Louis Zoo officials removed a Halloween ghost display after some viewers called …
 The Huffington Post  | By Julee Wilson Posted: 10/17/2012 12:48 pm EDT “Why Do You Have Black Dolls?” is the title and question being tackled in a new short …
Lorna Simpson was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, and received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and her MFA from the University …
HALE WOODRUFF (1900 – 1980) Landscape Near Grasse. Oil on canvas, 1930. 457×550 mm; 18×21 5/8 inches. Incised signature, lower left recto. Signed in pencil, lower right verso. Titled …
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By Roger Atwood Posted 09/17/12 Her work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in group shows at the Detroit Institute of Arts and …
Contemporary artists rock art-history classics to pay homage, show off, have fun, and comment on issues like race and class By Robin Cembalest Posted 10/10/12 Among the many delights of …
By Gail Gregg Posted 07/19/12 Exhibitions, concerts, artists’ tributes, and even a postage stamp are part of the centennial tribute honoring Romare Bearden The sight was a curator’s dream. Carla …
Al Johnson, This Everlasting Moment, 2012. Mixed media on panel with found objects in antique box, 14.5 x 32 x 2.5 in. – eMerge: Danny Simmons & Artists on the …
by Free Britney at October 11, 2012 12:15 pm A naked Rihanna bares all on the cover of her new album Unapolegetic. It’s an aptly-titled name for the controversial singer’s …
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Posted: 10/17/2012 12:48 am EDT Updated: 10/17/2012 3:20 am EDT HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — President Barack Obama stepped onto the stage here on Long Island ready to brawl. Within moments, he …
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