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Came across this video today.  Writer/Activist Ashley Yates describes it this way: “Black art made by Black people from with real love for other Black folks. No exploitation, just storytelling with textured depictions of our people that lack clich...

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On the eve of our presidential election, this article and short video reminds us of the courageous history we have in our nation.   Black people in small towns in Arkansas are fighting valiantly to make sure that all votes are counted — in the fac...

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Daniel Minter is an extraordinarily accomplished and dedicated contemporary American artist. A painter, sculptor, illustrator and art educator his vision connects the symbols and stories of the Black American South with the cultural and ritual traditions...

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  In the photo above, from November 2015, Makota Valdina Pinto — an esteemed elder in the Angola Candomblé tradition — offers popcorn in a rite of cleansing and blessing to participants in an annual march for religious tolerance and res...

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