Patterson, a native Jamaican, raises a litany of questions around the unidentified dead in the 2010 Tivoli Incursion in Kingston.
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The Woman Making Art out of the FBI’s Surveillance of Her Black Panther Father | Broadly.
Civil rights activist Rodney Barnette was under government surveillance for over 10 years. Now his daughter, Sadie, has turned his 500-page FBI file into art.
Read MoreA Civil-Rights Visionary’s Collection of Artists of Color | The Cut
Cooper Cafritz, the civil-rights activist, and patron of the arts and education, died last week at the age of 70 in her Washington, D.C., condominium
Read MoreHow Kara Walker Recasts Racism’s Bitter Legacy | The Atlantic
The artist’s works turn the brutality of history inside out.
Read MoreMargaret Burroughs, artist and co-founder of DuSable Museum | New York Amsterdam News
Synonymous with Chicago is the DuSable Museum, and inseparably linking them is Margaret Burroughs.
Read MoreHis Traveling Museum Is Bringing Black History to a Town Near You | Yes Magazine
After nearly 30 years of collecting rare artifacts, this Detroit teacher launched a mobile museum that travels the country educating people on African American history all year round.
Read MoreBasquiat painting on view at Brooklyn Museum | New York Amsterdam News
“One Basquiat” is the first museum exhibition of the skull painting.
Read MoreSee Barack and Michelle Obama’s new portraits unveiled today | Los Angeles Times
Former President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were on hand Monday to unveil their official portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.
Read MoreHow an Artist Learned About Freedom From ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ | The New York Times
“It’s like reading a fairy tale book. I see the names of beauty schools and men’s clubs and taverns, and I think, ‘What does that place look like?’”
Read MoreEloquent Photo-portraits of 60 Contemporary Artists of Color | Hyperallergic
Elia Alba’s photo-portraits act as a kind of measure of the intimacy she has earned with her subjects.
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