depicting famous African Americans across history. He saw art as a vehicle for social activism, once remarking: “Art must be an integral part of the struggle. It can’t simply mirror what’s taking ...

so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th-century plantation life in Louisiana. Hunter’s colorful oil paintings do not rely on ...