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ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Patty Jackson, radio personality at WDAS-FM: “Sometimes we won’t listen to a whisper but we’ll hear a roar.” by Jenice Armstrong, Daily News Columnist. @JeniceArmstrong Out of nowhere, WDAS-FM radio personality Patty Jackson collapsed. She didn’t stumble over anything. But between her house and garage, Jackson hit the ground. Looking back, …
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Susan E. Cahan, associate dean for the arts at Yale College (Duke University Press) Prior to 1967 fewer than a dozen museum exhibitions had featured the work of African-American artists. And by the time the civil rights movement reached the American art museum, it had already crested: the first public demonstrations to integrate museums occurred in …
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by Carolina A. Miranda Curator Naima Keith, who for five years helped organize lauded exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, has been named the new deputy director for exhibitions and programs at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park. The move brings a nationally recognized curator to the institution, which organizes artistic and historical …
Miles Davis, photographed by William CouponPhotograph courtesy of the Cooper Gallery by SOPHIA NGUYEN THE FRONT HALL of the Cooper Gallery on Mount Auburn Street, what appear to be two bubble-shaped lanterns hang from the ceiling—but instead of beaming down light to illuminate the art, they pipe in music for visitors standing beneath. In the rooms beyond, …
Company enlists African American artist Keith Rosemond II to create illustrations inspired by real stories from its #MyUntold℠ storytelling campaign CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) recently commissioned Atlanta-based artist Keith Rosemond II to create six original illustrations depicting the African American experience. The personal stories were selected from #MyUntold℠, the company’s online-storytelling collection …
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(ArtfixDaily.com) Weschler’s Auctioneers is pleased to offer a compelling selection of African American Art featuring the Collection of Reverend Douglas E. Moore and Dr. Doris Hughes-Moore on February 26th, 2016. This specialized sale focuses on the works of modern and contemporary African American artists including one of the largest private collections of prints by Elizabeth …
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 George Chidi Black Lives Matter isn’t a traditional civil rights organization. It doesn’t have a headquarters, 501(c)(3) status, or a chain of command. It operates …
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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 Weekend” recently has become the center of discussion of what it means to capitalize on cultural norms. Images of children painted blue like the Hindu god …
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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 Tubman and the legacies of the Black Power movement, Cullors-Brignac told HuffPost that Black Lives Matter seeks to develop leaders. “The work of Black Lives …
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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, NY Some famous people hail from Tyler, in the Piney Woods of East Texas. They include Broadway star Sandy Duncan and football great Earl …
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 a slacker who made an effort in the only two classes that didn’t bore me — English and Art. Chalk it up to a glasses-to-contacts …
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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 Image Awards boasted an all-star list of winners and brought out the best of black excellence Friday night. It was a big evening for ABC’s “Black-ish,” …
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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 his brother, EWF bassist Verdine White. He was 74. “My brother, hero and best friend Maurice White passed away peacefully last night in his sleep,” …
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GETTY IMAGES/FLICKR RF Donald M. Payne, Jr. Democratic congressman representing New Jersey’s 10th congressional district Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned for this nation a future of vast potential; a future where every man and woman and child would have an opportunity to get ahead, free from the constraints of injustice and intolerance. …
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EBONY.com The premiere online magazine destination for African-American cultural insight, news and perspective. “This is the meaning of Negro History Week. It is not so much a Negro History Week as it is a History week. We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history …