Alma Woodsey Thomas became the first ever student to graduate from Howard University with a fine arts degree in 1924.
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African-American art, history and culture have been a part of Shantrelle Lewis’ life, almost as long as she can recall. “I was immersed in history and culture by my family,” Lewis said. “My father would make me write out my family tree. I could go back to my great-, great-grandparents, and a little further.” Which […]
(New York Times) — For the last decade the Brooklyn Museum has been actively acquiring work by contemporary African-American artists. Now curators there have started to look back in time. This week the museum announced it was embarking on a new collecting initiative focusing on the work of African-American artists from the mid-19th century to 1945, […]
by R. Asmerom The Washington Post published a poetic and insightful piece by a doctoral student, Anmol Chaddha, and sociology professor William Julius Wilson, about the didactic value of HBO’s landmark show “The Wire.” In a course on urban inequality, the teachers are using the show to examine and analyze the motives and institutions that […]