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Collaborations: Two Decades ofExcellence in African American Art, complete with color reproductions of the artwork of 57 artists who have exhibited in either solo or group exhibitions at Hearne Fine Art, is a vibrant testimonial to the longevity and commitment to excellence that has come to be the hallmark of this gallery. Accompanying the images are brief profiles of the artists as well as their respective statements. Also included are incisive textual contributions from noted appraiser and historian, Halima Taha, PhD and artist Dianne Smith.
Daisy Bates (1914–1999) is renowned as the mentor of the Little Rock Nine, the first African Americans to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. For guiding the Nine through one of the most tumultuous civil rights crises of the 1950s, she was selected as Woman of the Year in Education by the Associated Press in 1957 and was the only woman invited to speak at the Lincoln Memorial ceremony in the March on Washington in 1963. But her importance as a historical figure has been overlooked by scholars of the civil rights movement. Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader from Arkansas chronicles her life and political advocacy before, during, and well after the Central High School crisis...
This book is comprised of the proceedings of the First and Only Conference on Negritude ever held in the Americas. The Conference which gathered intellectuals of African descent from various countries of the new continent was held in Miami in 1987 around the theme "Negritude, Ethnicity and Afro Cultures in the Americas." The towering presence of Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor, side by side on a public forum for the first and, most likely, the last time since The First World Festival of Negro Arts, hosted by Senegal in 1966, bestowed a solemn summit quality on this impressive gathering. The untimely death of Cheikh Anta Diop, the scientist , Alioune Diop, the strategist, Léon Dam...
"Comprehensive guide to African American quilt history and contemporary practices"--Page 4 of cover.
Issues for Nov. 1957- include section: Accessions. Aanwinste, Sept. 1957-
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