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The ART | library deco repository features various African American collections, exhibitions, and archives curated by the editorial staff. The scholarly resource is available as a public domain resource for educational and research purposes.

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Credit: International Center of Photography | Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop, Photographer, Janette Beckman, “Ladies of Hip Hop”, for Paper Magazine, Manhattan, 1988.
Image by Art Kane, via Wikimedia Commons
FOR THE MARCH COVER of Art in America magazine Henry Taylor was inspired by a society photograph from half a century ago. Titled “Cicely and Miles Visit the Obamas” the Los Angeles-based painter imagines Cicely Tyson and Miles Davis (1926-1991) visiting President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House. | Image Courtesy of Art in America.