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Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary Art was a landmark [1] exhibition held at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art from November 10, 1994 until March 5, 1995. Organized by curator Thelma Golden , Black Male was a survey of the changing representations of black masculinity in contemporary art from the 1970s to the 1990s.
The portrayal of Black masculinity in film and TV has included both empowering and problematic images. Blaxploitation films such as Shaft and Dolemite emphasized toughness and independence, creating heroic yet stereotypical Black male figures. [ 12 ]
Black male studies (BMS), [1] also known as Black men's studies, [2] [3] Black masculinist studies, [4] African-American male studies, [5] and African-American men's studies, [6] is an area of study within the interdisciplinary field of Black studies [7] [8] [9] that primarily focuses on the study of Black men and boys. [10]
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The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is often seen as a prime example of phallic architecture and American masculinity. [68] The towering monument, made of marble , granite , and bluestone gneiss , it is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 555 feet 5 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (169.294 m) according to ...
As women took the nation's capital by storm for an event rooted in women's rights activism, one protestor says having men protest should be a 'no brainer.'
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The African-American Catholic Congregation and its Imani Temples are an Independent Catholic church founded by Archbishop George Augustus Stallings Jr., an Afrocentrist and former Catholic priest, in Washington, D.C. Stallings left the Catholic Church in 1989 and was excommunicated in 1990. [1]