Founded in 1946 as Negro Achievements by Horace J. Blackwell, an African-American clothing merchant of Fort Worth, Texas, who also had already founded The World’s Messenger in 1942, featuring romance-true confession type stories of working-class blacks, Sepia is a photojournalistic magazine that featured articles based primarily on achievements of African Americans. It was part of the rise of postwar publications and businesses aimed at black audiences. George Levitan, a Jewish-American man born in Michigan, who was a plumbing merchant in Fort Worth, bought the magazines and Good Publishing Company (aka Sepia Publishing) in 1950. He changed the magazine’s name gradually; in 1954 he named it Sepia, and published it until his death in 1976. He changed the name of Messenger to Bronze Thrills and had success with that for some time as well, also publishing black-audience magazines Hep and Jive.
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ARt EmployMent | Temple University’s Charles Library is searching for a Digital Archivist!
Temple University’s Charles Library is hiring a Digital Associate Archivist. The position requires archival experience and offers competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional development within a vibrant academic community.
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aRT aRCHIVE | SAVE THE dATE! Douglass Day 2026 & The Colored Conventions |
On February 13, 2026, Douglass Day will celebrate the Colored Conventions, inviting participants to address civil rights issues. Registration is open, with newsletters providing insights on participation.
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D’Angelo, Visionary of Neo-Soul Whose Music Redefined a Generation, Dies at 51
D’Angelo, Visionary of Neo-Soul Whose Music Redefined a Generation, Dies at 51 Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to the world as D’Angelo, passed away suddenly on October 14, 2025, at the age of 51. The Grammy-winning singer and multi-instrumentalist was a pioneer of the neo-soul movement, whose profoundly spiritual, sensual, and genre-defying music left a lasting
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Art | Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory and Allan Rohan Crite: Griot of Boston—at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston Athenaeum
Boston Celebrates Allan Rohan Crite with Dual Exhibitions at Gardner Museum and Athenaeum October 23, 2025 – January 19, 2026Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA Boston honors the legacy of Allan Rohan Crite (1910–2007), a pioneering African American artist, through two concurrent exhibitions: Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory at the Isabella Stewart
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ART Book Date | Library DECO Presents: Shelves of Resistance — Building a Living Archive of Black Art & Culture — RSVP Today!
ART | Library DECO is hosting “Shelves of Resistance” on October 25, 2025, a virtual fundraiser to support Black art and secure nonprofit status, fostering cultural heritage and community engagement.
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ART Exhibition | DIA Celebrates Living Indigenous Creativity with “Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation”
Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A ContinuationThe Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) presents Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation from now to April 5, 2026, showcasing over 60 U.S.-based Anishinaabe artists. The exhibition, the museum’s first major Native American presentation in three decades, celebrates the ongoing legacy of Anishinaabe creativity across generations. Paintings, mixed media, and installations explore
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