NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
Take a moment to rewind and catch up on the latest updates in the art library – now archived.
Get a free Official National Poetry Month Poster. Featuring artwork by Jack Wong, and lines from “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton.
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ART News | N REAL TIME: A Collective of Experiences
From ART | library deco: N Real Time: A Collective of Experiences…The COVID-19 INDEX is a digital archive created for people of color to share their experiences during the COVID-19 – Coronavirus Pandemic. Selected data, stories, images, audio and videos will be published via an online African American digital art library. These works will be…
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ART View: “The Will to Adorn,” a community-centered research and public presentation project
From Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage & the Library of Congress: What is African American about African American dress? “The will to adorn is the second most notable characteristic in Negro expression. Perhaps his idea of ornament does not attempt to meet conventional standards, but it satisfies the soul of its creator.”—Zora Neal…
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#freebooks: Coloring Pages by Ruth E. Carter
From ART | library deco: The Academy Museum partnered with Academy Award®–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter to debut her coloring illustrations. You are in a for a free treat! The pages are published weekly via the Academy Museum’s website and are free to download at your leisure. Download the first set released this week…
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#freebooks: The Crisis, Vol.16, Nov. 3. July, 1918
Archived Issue: Jul 191848 pagesVol. 16, No. 3ISSN 0011-1422 Subject: The Education Number Published by The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that…
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ART View: Black College Life in the New Deal, US National Archives
Visit Online Exhibition, Black College Life in the New Deal: A Google Cultural Institute Exhibit Read Press Release Credit: Academic class, Roger Williams University, Nashville, 1899 Courtesy Library of Congress (00651765)
Cover Image Courtesy, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1893). Phillis Wheatley Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7329-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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