Photo: A photograph from the 1880s of Harriet Tubman (left) with some she helped to escape from slavery, along with members of their families. Portrait photo in frameby Tarby Photo, Auburn, NY, n.d. Photo: Michael Barnes, Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired a collection of artifacts documenting [...]
Joe Louis: Hometown Hero
This comprehensive exhibition on the life of an iconic Detroit native is a must for sports fans everywhere. Born the son of an Alabama cotton picker, Joe Louis, known to many as the African American heavyweight champion named the “Brown Bomber,” became a national hero and symbol of American democracy versus Nazi intolerance. Muhammad Ali [...]
African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766 – 1916
Babcock Galleries in New York City presents African Americans: Seeing and Seen, 1766 – 1916, an incisive overview of refined and controversial fine art and popular culture images of African Americans as artists and subjects. Bitter brutality and cruel caricature alternate with respectful revelations and positive portrayals of the status of African Americans. It may [...]
The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present | Anacostia Community Museum, Washington D.C.
The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum presents “The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present, November 9, 2009–July 4, 2010. This traveling exhibition sponsored by the National Hispanic Cultural Civic Center spans five centuries of Mexico’s “third root,” people of African Descent. The early African presence in the Americas is normally associated with the [...]
Life for Me, the Artwork of Robbie Best
Farmington Hills artist Robbie Best was born in Birmingham, Alabama and reared in the City of Detroit. Ms. Best works in a variety of mediums: oil and watercolor, printmaking, charcoal, mixed media and sculpture. Her subject matter is varied and reveals the breadth and range of her interests and passion. Her most consistent themes reflect [...]
Crowning Glories: Status, Style, and Self-Expression
Crowning Glories is a tribute to the beauty, style, and self-expression of black women, and a historical survey of their hat-wearing traditions from the late 1700s to the present. The tradition of African American women adorning themselves with extraordinary headwear goes back generations. Wrapping one’s head with cloth, for example, finds its roots among West [...]
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