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Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710–1940 was the first public exhibition by a major museum to showcase depictions of African Americans in American art. [1] Facing History took place in 1990 and was held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art from January 13 through March 25, and then went to the Brooklyn Museum from April 20 through ...
The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary (also known as a diamond jubilee) of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865.
John White (c. 1539 –c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition.
December 29 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great Arsenal of Democracy." December 30 – California 's first modern freeway , the future State Route 110 , opens to traffic in Pasadena, California , as the Arroyo Seco Parkway (later the Pasadena Freeway).
The Walt Disney Film Archive includes black-and-white preliminary sketches, full-color concept paintings, and production cels from such classic Disney films. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
July 1940 – Dec 1995. ... 13th Armored Division "Black Cats" Oct 1942 – Nov 1945 ... Division insignia of the United States Army. Add languages ...
For more than 80 years, Morgan State University students walking down Hillen Road near the school’s entrance saw a massive red brick wall.
Schimmel, Julie; White, Robert R. Bert Geer Phillips and the Taos Art Colony. Univ of New Mexico Press; 1st edition (June 1994). ISBN 0-8263-1444-9; Shipp, Steve. American Art Colonies, 1850-1930: A Historical Guide to America's Original Art Colonies and Their Artists. Greenwood Press, 1996. ISBN 0-313-29619-7