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Thank you for always taking the time to read and interact with the only African American virtual art library, gallery, and repository that delves into the Black experience in art, literature, and culture. This year once again had its highs and lows in all things centered around African American culture! To end this year, we have curated a listing of content for you to review at your leisure during the holiday season. For now, sit back, rewind in time and catch up on content, news, and information missed throughout the year. Our library curatorial team is looking forward to bringing you relevant content in 2023 that matters and will expand your horizons in African American art.
ART | library deco will go on break from December 1 – January 15, 2023.
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From “No More Auction Block” by Paul Robeson & The Library of Congress: About this Collection Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Project…
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From the Library of Congress: TITLE: Life of a Poet: Dawn Lundy Martin SPEAKER: Ron Charles, Dawn Lundy Martin EVENT DATE: 2017/10/23 RUNNING TIME: 66 minutes TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript DESCRIPTION: An in-depth discussion with poet Dawn Lundy Martin, covering her entire career and the major events that have shaped her work. Watch Interview: http://www.loc.gov/webcasts
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From the Philadelphia Museum of Art: “I want my clothes to make you smile”—that was the goal of late African American designer Patrick Kelly in creating his bold, bright, and joyful creations. Kelly achieved this on the streets, nightclubs, and runways of New York, Paris, and beyond in the heady, inventive, and often-subversive urban milieu…
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From Legacy Family Tree: Beyond the usual databases for census and vital records, this session will outline critical collections to find African American families. Using resources from the Schomburg research center to the Smithsonian, this session will explore the unknown and lesser known resources for documenting African American families. Instructor: Angela Walton-Raji Details: Friday, May…
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From PBS.org: PBS is proud to celebrate Black History this February and all year round! In 2018, watch a new slate of programs and join timely and important conversations about race in America with independent documentaries, and more! Explore. Watch. Connect. Visit pbs.org/blackhistory for a full lineup of programs. All films are available to watch online one…
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From Fold3: Throughout U.S. History, African Americans have played an integral part in the development and achievement of this country. Fold3 is now revealing a side of the African American story that few have seen before. View more than a million rare photos and documents. In recognition of Black History Month, Fold3 is making the records in…
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From ART | library deco: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power “Soul of a Nation: Artists in Conversation” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 10 AM TO 5:00 PM Celebrate the opening of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. This symposium features exhibition artists and curators who will…
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From ART | library deco: Like to color? Need to release some stress? Want to think about your ancestors while sipping on tea or coffee? The Colors of Black History: Coloring Book | features African American politicians, writers, educators, and activists as visual conceptions to creatively take you into moments of solitude. Anyone that is…
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From ART | library deco: Description Contemporary Black Canvas celebrates the depth and breadth of the Black artistic and intellectual traditions from across the African Diaspora and Africa. Through conversations with leading writers, musicians, filmmakers, visual artists, dancers, radical gardeners, and institution builders, we examine the Black imagination as a vital, vibrant, and dynamic force…
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From Hyperallergic: Jack Whitten, who died this past weekend at age 78, cut across a lot of lines in his art and in his life. He was born in Bessemer, Alabama, in 1939, when Jim Crow laws were used to enforce segregation. He heard Martin Luther King Jr. speak in a church in Alabama in…
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