Connecting People With Art : African American Art by Evelyn and Mercer Redcross – SOFT COVER BOOK

Price:  $545 The Book Itself  Not Digital.   This book is currently out of print. We have only a few left. Soft cover only. Book Description: 502 Page Coffee Table Art …

Top 7 Tips for Investing in Art

By Judy Martel, Bankrate.com Art can be a tempting investment, with its creative mystique and potential for soaring values. Attending glittering events such as the annual Art Basel Miami Beach, …

The Art of Woodrow Nash

Born in the late 40’s in Akron, Ohio, Woodrow Nash is the product of sanctified churches, 1950’s television images, and black inner city neighborhood schools run by predominantly white middle-class educators. …

Empress of the Blues by Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden was born in 1911 in Charlotte, N.C. Romare Bearden lived at various times in Saskatchewan and Pittsburgh. Bearden attended Boston University and New York University. Later, he studied …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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” …

Jackie Robinson movie ‘42’ is a boon to Negro Leagues museum

By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum has done so many things. Seen so much. They have been hosts to presidents. They have welcomed Hall …

Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn: Tracing A Legend’s Life In The Former Home Of The Dodgers

By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK — With the movie “42” bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some …

Jackie Robinson and the Press

Christopher Lamb Professor of Journalism, University of Indiana-Indianapolis When Jackie Robinson took the field for the first time in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, he shattered baseball’s color barrier. But more …

Forged From the Fires of the 1960s

By KEN JOHNSON There is a paradox at the heart of “Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles 1960-1980,” an exhibition at MoMA PS1 about black artists who lived and …

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 …