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Larry Rivers - 1923-2002 - Front Page - People - Obituary
Just as a retrospective of his work was scheduled to close at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and on the last day of an exhibition of his early drawings at a gallery in Southampton, N.Y.,...(Continue Reading)
"Raising the Stigma": Black Womanhood and the Marked Body in Pauline Hopkins's Contending Forces
In the Preface to her novel, Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South (1900), Pauline Hopkins claims that she writes in ......(Continue Reading)
Nijinsky takes Gotham - News - Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era exhibition at New York Public Library
Yes, Virginia, another show about Nijinsky. Well, not quite. "Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era," which opens at The New York Public Library ......(Continue Reading)
Excerpt: "The Pirate Coast" by Richard Zacks
William Eatons mission was way beyond foolhardy...He would have to find a weak-willed prince named Hamet wandering somewhere in war torn Egypt and convince him to try to seek his rightful throne. He would then have to mount a civil war in Tripoli t...(Continue Reading)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895)
Read "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass (1817-1895). Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the most articulate and influential fugures in African American literature and history....(Continue Reading)
Sojourner Truth Narrative - Condition of the Destitute Colored People
The full text of Sojourner Truth's narrative....(Continue Reading)
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