Tag Archives: African-Americans

2015: Rebuild

Posted on October 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Theaster Gates’s transformation of an abandoned bank in Chicago. “Rebuild Foundation is a nonprofit organization that endeavors to rebuild the cultural foundations of underinvested neighborhoods and incite movements of community revitalization that are culture based, artist led, and neighborhood driven.” … Continue reading →

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1938: Youth of Today

Posted on September 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Vachon: Picket line at King Farm, Morrisville PA, August 1938

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1970: Confrontation

Posted on September 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hughie Lee Smith: Confrontation (c. 1970)

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1970: Bookstore

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Garofalo: Bookstore, Harlem, 1970

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1965: Freedom Highway

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Spider Martin: Jim Letherer on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march in 1965. Letherer was a civil rights activist from Saginaw, Michigan. He lost a leg to bone cancer as a boy, and it was his own experience growing … Continue reading →

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2014: Blood, Sweat and Tears

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ruddy Roye: Blood, Sweat and Tears (Ryan), Morton Street, Newark, NJ, December 19, 2015 (source)

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1947: Monk

Posted on September 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Gottlieb: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, NY (ca. Sept. 1947)

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1994: Better Homes Better Gardens

Posted on September 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kerry James Marshall: Better Homes Better Gardens (1994)

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1899: Jacksonville

Posted on September 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Carpenters Union, Jacksonville Fla. (c. 1899) (source)

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1967: On

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

On On yardbird corners of embryonic hopes, drowned in a heroin tear. On yardbird corners of parkerflights to sound filled pockets in space. On neuro-corners of striped brains & desperate electro-surgeons. On alcohol corners of pointless discussion & historical hangovers. … Continue reading →

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