Arthur Johnson, a civil rights icon and comrade of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 85

A crowd of movers and shakers was exiting an event at the White House during the Clinton administration. Among them was Wayne State University President Irving Reid. As Reid was …

African American Artists’ Papers Acquired by Emory

Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) recently acquired two major collections related to African American art and art history: the papers of the late internationally recognized artist …

David Johnson “Positive Negatives”

On Thursday, November 3, The Little Theatre and Community Darkroom will present “Positive Negatives,” a documentary about photographer David Johnson, Ansel Adams’ first African-American student at the California School of …

Cleveland Museum of Art acquires a hitherto unknown masterpiece by Edmonia Lewis

The daughter of a black father and an American Indian mother, she became famous during the 19th century as an expatriate artist living in Rome. And now she’s in the …

Art, photo collection going up for bids after being seized from Birmingham attorney

A large collection of photographs and paintings, including many by emerging African-American artists, will be sold at an IRS auction later this month after being seized from a prominent Birmingham …

The 26th Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo – Philadelphia Sun

October 10, 2011 Category: Entertainment Posted by: Felicia McGuffie ABOVE PHOTO: David Charles, AKA The Illest Illustrator, from Baltimore.   The 26th Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo is a three day …

African American art history celebrated at VPAC

Visitors were able to tour a post-war Los Angeles through an African-American perspective during a celebration of jazz and the opening reception of a photography exhibit Sunday in the VPAC. …

STATE FOR SALE

In the spring of 2010, the conservative political strategist Ed Gillespie flew from Washington, D.C., to Raleigh, North Carolina, to spend a day laying the groundwork for REDMAP, a new …