Elia Alba’s photo-portraits act as a kind of measure of the intimacy she has earned with her subjects.
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Capturing the Civil Rights Era Through the Lens of Gordon Parks | Daily Beast
Gordon Parks captured the beauty, horror, and complexities behind the lives of those who lived during the Civil Rights Era.
View MorePoet And Activist Keorapetse Kgositsile, Who Celebrated Black Arts, Dead At 79 | Huffington Post
The acclaimed academic was also the father of rapper Earl Sweatshirt.
View MoreKerry James Marshall’s Largest Work Yet Honors Women in the Arts | Hyperallergic
Marshall recently unveiled a 132-foot-wide, 100-foot-tall mural that pays homage to 20 women who shaped Chicago’s cultural scene.
View MoreHow the news media distorts black families | The Washington Post
A new study shows outlets from Fox to CNN to the New York Times are guilty of misrepresentation.
View MoreKwanzaa: Revisiting Maulana Karenga’s Legacy | The Root
Kwanzaa, like black America, was birthed in struggle and chaos, then bathed in blood.
View MoreNew Novel From Zora Neale Hurston To Be Published In 2018
A new book by the legendary Zora Neale Hurston will be out Spring 2018, according to the Harper Collins website
View MoreCouple Married For 47 Years Goes Viral With Glam Photo Shoot — But It’s Their Love Story That’s Warming Hearts | Huffington Post
Photos of a couple married for 47 years — and who conquered cancer twice — are going viral for exemplifying true love.
View MorePharrell Williams: ‘It rains and they shoot black people’ | The Guardian
N.E.R.D are back with a politically charged new album featuring Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran and cosmic synths.
View MoreAmy Sherald, Michelle Obama’s Chosen Portraitist, Is Now a Bona Fide Art-Market Success Story | Artnet
All the in-demand artist’s paintings have sold at the Untitled Art Fair—and a 2020 retrospective is already in the works.
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