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| Stone Center Guide to the Web - Exhibits (15 items) |
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- African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
- This exhibit "showcases the incomparable African American collections of the Library of Congress," including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings. The exhibit covers slavery through the Civil Rights Movement. (Source: Library of Congress)
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- African-American Education in the Jim Crow South
- This online exhibit examines African American education in the South under Jim Crow laws through selected documents and photographs from the Rockefeller Family Archives. Original letters and historic photographs are presented along with accompanying historical information. (Source: The Rockefeller Archive Center, The Rockefeller University)
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- Art and Artists, Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University
- This site is the online companion to an exhibit of work by Howard University graduates on view at the University's art gallery through May 29, 2005. (Source: Howard University)
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- Aunt Dicy Tales: John Biggers' Drawings For the Folktale
- This site is an online guide to an exhibit about the Aunt Dicey Tales, an illustrated story created 1956 by artist John Biggers and writer John Mason Brewer. The site features an explanatory essay as well as illustrations from the stories accompanied with excerpts of text. (Source: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas—Austin)
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- Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
- Images of slavery on Confederate currency are shown on this site based at Louisiana State University. The site also offers an overview of the Civil War and America's economic history, information about the collection, and a bibliography of resources for further study. (Source: Louisiana State University)
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- Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation
- This site includes portraits of notable African Americans. The portraits were included in a traveling exhibition in the 1940s and 1950s that was designed to “reverse racial intolerance, ignorance and bigotry by illustrating the accomplishments of contemporary African Americans.” The site also includes brief biographical sketches. (Source: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution)
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- Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop
- In 1948, Robert Blackburn founded his Printmaking Workshop in New York City. Until his death in 2003, Blackburn served as an inspiration and mentor to thousands of artists. This online exhibit highlights Blackburn’s own career along with his influence on others, as seen through images of his printmaking work and that of other artists. (Source: Library of Congress)
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- Dox Thrash: Revealed
- An online companion to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibit "Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered," this site provides information on the life and artistic development of the artist. (Source: The Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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- Exhibit of American Negroes: 1900 World’s Fair, The
- “The Exhibit of American Negroes is a reconstruction of highlights from an exhibit of the same name put together by W. E. B. Du Bois, Thomas Calloway and the Historic Black Colleges for the Paris 1900 International Exposition.” The site features primary materials, including photographs and manuscript documents, as well as essays that give historical context to the materials presented in the exhibit. (Source: University of Miami, School of Education)
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- Gullah-Geechee Culture: Saving the Soul, The
- This site contains information about the Gullah-Geechee communities, primarily comprised of the descendants of slaves, which extend in remote locations off and around the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The site features photographic images of people in the communities as well as explanatory maps and audio accompaniment. (Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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- Image of Black, The
- This site examines the images and representations of Black people in western European art. Paintings and works of art are presented on the site along with accompanying essays of background and critical information. Also included are information on related exhibits and extensive links to further online resources. (Source: Temi Odumosu/The Image of Black)
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- Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
- This is the inaugural exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History. The exhibition features portraits from the National Portrait Gallery. Based on the words of Henry Highland Garnet, “Let your motto be Resistance!” these works illustrate the ways in which African Americans resisted and redefined themselves in society. (Source: National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institution)
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- Turn of the Centuries Exhibit: African Americans, 1680-1720
- This site provides digitized images of historical materials pertaining to African Americans at the turn of the eighteenth century, with a particular focus on slavery. The site features historical essays alongside these images, as well as detailed information about the sources of the digitized images. (Source: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association)
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- Turn of the Centuries Exhibit: African Americans, 1780-1820
- This site provides digitized images of historical materials pertaining to African Americans at the turn of the nineteenth century, with a particular focus on free Blacks in the North. The site features historical essays alongside these images, as well as detailed information about the sources of the digitized images. (Source: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association)
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- Turn of the Centuries Exhibit: African Americans, 1880-1920
- This site provides digitized images of historical materials pertaining to African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century, with a particular focus on African-American migration to urban and industrialized areas. The site features historical essays alongside these images, as well as detailed information about the sources of the digitized images. (Source: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association)
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