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FREE RECORDING of Railroad Ties – a documentary about the Underground Railroad – sponsored by Ancestry
From Railroad Ties: “Six descendants of fugitive slaves and abolitionists come together in Brooklyn to discover more about their lineage. Documenting each person learning about their ancestors, and featuring renowned historian, Henry Louis Gates Jr., the film interweaves powerful personal moments with contextual historical anecdotes. The very human story of the Underground Railroad unfolds through…
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View: Sarah Mapps Douglass’ Paintings on Letters
From Voices from the Gaps: About: Sarah Mapps Douglass (September 9, 1806 – September 8, 1882) was an African-American educator, abolitionist, writer, and public lecturer. Her painted images on her written letters may be the first or earliest surviving examples of signed paintings by an African-American woman. These paintings are contained within the Cassey Dickerson…
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Rewind: Art Lies, Volume 15, Summer 1997
From The Portal to Texas History: History The first issue of Art Lies was published in 1994. Originally a quarterly journal covering the Houston arts community, Art Lies soon expanded to include statewide coverage and beyond, placing Texas artists, curators, scholars and critics in dialogue with their peers across the globe. Founded and rooted in…
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Archive: Sojourner Truth’s, Google Doodle 2019
From Google: Google Doodle by Philadelphia-based guest artist Loveis Wise kicks off Black History Month by celebrating Sojourner Truth, a powerful advocate for justice and equality in the United States of America during the 19th century who paved the way for future generations. Born an enslaved person in Ulster County, New York around 1797, Isabella…
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ART Talk: Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor Symposium
From the Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW): Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor is the first major retrospective ever organized for an artist born into slavery, and the most comprehensive look at Bill Traylor’s work to date. Bill Traylor (ca. 1853–1949) is regarded today as one of the most important…
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Exhibition : The Sweet Spot, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
From Clark Atlanta University Art Museum: Exhibition : The Sweet Spot Alfred Conteh | Sculptor, Painter & Mixed-Media Artist This two-part exhibition revisits Alfred Conteh’s Two Fronts and Tetanus series. Conteh’s works are inspired by daily life in areas of Atlanta where mostly African Americans reside. His landscape paintings explore the notion of freedom in…
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Archive: Omar Ibn Said, Collection
From Omar Ibn Said Collection: About Collection The Omar Ibn Said Collection consists of 42 digitized documents in both English and Arabic, including an 1831 manuscript in Arabic on “The Life of Omar Ibn Said,” a West African slave in America, which is the centerpiece of this unique collection of texts. Some of the manuscripts…
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Archive: The Black Gospel Music Restoration Project | Royce-Darden Collection
From Black Gospel Music Restoration Project: About Collection The purpose of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project (BGMRP) is to identify, acquire, preserve, record and catalogue the most at-risk music from the black gospel music tradition. This collection will primarily contain 78s, 45s, LPs, and the various tape formats issued in the United States and…
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View: Black Memorabilia Documentary
From Independent Lends (PBS): Independent Lens Presents: Black Memorabilia Season 20 Episode 10 | 55m 40s The odd and unexpected places where collectibles from America’s troubled racial history are made, bought, sold, and reclaimed. Aired: 02/04/19 | Expires: 03/07/19 | Rating: NR | Video has closed captioning. View Documentary: https://www.pbs.org/video/black-memorabilia-m1pqxj/
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