At the Mississippi Museum of Art, Mark Bradford, Theaster Gates Jr., Carrie Mae Weems and others explore the personal legacy of the era-shaping movement from the rural South.
Tag: Black People
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When Community Concerts Brought Don Shirley to Small Towns
Community Concerts aimed for “a Carnegie Hall in every town.” Its adherents, including the author’s mother, were devoted to the cause. For decades, the experiment worked.
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Tiona Nekkia McClodden Is Not Running Away
An artist’s journey to establish her position in the world took her to the shooting range and produced a bold, original show.
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Nichelle Nichols Helped Show America a Different Future
As Lieutenant Uhura in “Star Trek” and an advocate for inclusiveness in the U.S. space program, Nichols made an indelible impact on our collective imagination.
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Longtime University President’s Legacy: A Diverse New Generation in STEM
Freeman Hrabowski transformed a onetime commuter school into the country’s strongest pipeline of Black graduates in science, technology, engineering and math.