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Black History Month is now a memory in many people’s life. But as artist C.J. Latimore sees it, Black history is ongoing. “Our contributions and stories are far too vast and too complicated to ...
Robert Scott Duncanson, Landscape with Rainbow c. 1859, Hudson River School, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.. This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting ...
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
Free woman of color with quadroon daughter (also free); late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans. In the British colonies in North America and in the United States before the abolition of slavery in 1865, free Negro or free Black described the legal status of African Americans who were not enslaved.
As noted by ASALH's official website, the theme for Black History Month 2023 is Black Resistance, which emphasizes the "ongoing oppression" of Black people throughout American history.
Ruth Inge Hardison (February 3, 1914 – March 23, 2016) was an American sculptor, artist, and photographer, known particularly for her 1960s busts (or sculpted portraits) entitled "Negro Giants in History". [1] Hardison's 1983 collection called "Our Folks", which features sculpted portraits of everyday people, is also of note.
Warren K. Leffler's photograph of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the National Mall. Beginning with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and the nonviolent response of the movement.
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