Nikole Hannah-Jones has launched the 1619 Project in the New York Times Magazine to look clearly at slavery and the many ways black Americans have fundamentally shaped this country.
Read articleNationally awardwinning architects and designers set to create cultural center
Nationally recognized architects and designers Mario Gooden, Mabel Wilson and Walter Hood are working to re-imagine the Clinton Church in Great Barrington as a cultural center celebrating African American history.
Read articlePitch installation at Mass MoCA roots deep in Florida land and history
The sounds come from North Florida. A choir is singing a spiritual, a woman is speaking, crickets are droning in a cedar swamp. They are indicators of things that are changing, says New York artist Allison Janae Hamilton — insects, the migratory patterns of birds, people living with the land. […]
Read articleJames Van Der Zee photos from the Harlem Renaissance years will come home
He was born in a house on Hubbard Street when Hubbard Street was still a dirt road. He remembered early years in a large, warm family. Around him, people were always sketching and drawing, singing and playing instruments. He played the piano and the violin, but the instrument that made his […]
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