Tag Archives: African-Americans

1943: Workers and Paintings

Posted on March 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Honoré Sharrer: Workers and Paintings (1943) I can’t identify all the paintings in this painting. Leave a comment if you can fill in the blanks: Hugo Gellert : Free Man’s Duties (No 4) (1943) Jean-François … Continue reading →

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1966: I Am Your Greatest Fan

Posted on January 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

I grew up in musical theater. To me, the highlight and the epitome of my life as a singer and actor and a dancer/choreographer was to star on Broadway. And as my popularity grew once [Star Trek] was on … Continue reading →

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1963: Pastoral

Posted on December 29, 2018 by corvusfugit

Richard Mayhew: Pastoral (c. 1963)

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1975: Fred Hampton’s Door

Posted on December 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

Dana C. Chandler: Fred Hampton’s Door 2 (1975) Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton was drugged and murdered by the Chicago Police in 1969. Dana Chandler first memorialized the event in 1970 with a small trompe I’oeil painting of a … Continue reading →

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1970: Wet Paint

Posted on August 6, 2018 by corvusfugit

Adrian Piper: Catalysis III (1970)

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1979: Brown v. Board

Posted on May 17, 2018 by corvusfugit

Milton Williams: Parade Thrills! Taken May 17, 1979, on the 25th anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which ruled that public schools could not be segregated.

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1953: Work

Posted on May 8, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles White: Work (1953)

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1968: I Had a Dream

Posted on April 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Edward Biberman: I Had a Dream (1968)

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2017: The Creation of God

Posted on March 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

Harmonia Rosales: The Creation of God (2017); artist’s website here.

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1955: Septima Poinsette Clark

Posted on February 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

After being fired from her job as a teacher for refusing to renounce her membership in the NAACP, Septima Clark became the Director of Education at the famous Highlander Center in Tennessee—a training school for civil rights activists and trade … Continue reading →

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