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The Art of Thomas Hart Benton | Vintage African American Art
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Portrait of a Musician, 1949
Romance, 1932
The Water Boy, 1946
The Bible Lesson, 1940Credit: Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri
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How To Boost Grades Without Studying Kay and I were talking the other day and she was discussing an email exchange she was having with a student. She wanted to figure out how to help this student but she wanted to see what I was thinking
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blackchildrensbooksandauthors:
Women’s History Month
A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks
Denise Lewis Patrick
Melissa Manwill
Scholastic Inc., 2018
Ages 7 and up
Grades 2 and up
48 Pages
The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
Available at👉🏿 Amazon | IndieBound
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Okay, but when I see this, I think of…
This
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So apparently Nubia, the African-American looking Wonder Woman is named Nubia. She is the lost twin sister of Diana who first appeared in Wonder Woman #204. She is commonly depicted as an ally of Wonder Woman and was known as The Wonder Woman of The Floating Island.
She has the ability to travel between dimensions at will, turn people to stone by looking at them (if she so chooses), over 3,000 years of combat experience, and the ability to (as well as some other Amazonians) heal fatal injuries by becoming one with the earth then reforming her body.
Not only do I think Nubia should get some representation on screen, but I think if she appears in another Wonder Woman movie, she should be played by Serena Williams. Even if it was in an animated movie, I really think this character needs more recognition.
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Maybe put it on a canvas instead of someone’s property, and we can all be happy.
who paying for these canvases or the art programs so these kids can have that? Why should it matter if these run down buildings that never get fixed up anyway get graffiti’d?
Therein lies the issue. Art programs, both visual and performance based, are the first programs to be cut. Canvas ain’t cheap. Neither are the supplies. Much of the graffiti that takes place IS on buildings that are run down. The gov’t didn’t place any value on these properties and yet get pissy with dudes “vandalizing” their shit. You can’t have it both ways, ya dig.
My father was a garment contractor in LA. In the late 80s, he owned the building where he had his factory. He thought it would be a cool idea to commission local graffiti artists, usually young Black and Latino men looking to stay out of trouble, to paint murals on his buildings. After all, he runs a garment design/manufacturing company, and creative signage is great advertising.
One day, he showed up to the building and the city just painted over the murals without permission or notice.
First, the city told him he couldn’t have graffiti art on HIS building because it brought down property value. After he complained, then they said: ok you can do this, but you need a permit. After he got the permit, then the city said: ok, but you can only use these artists. Of course, these artists were all White graphic design students from USC, and of course they charged 3x more.
There is a prejudice against this type of art, and it’s racial. Banksy vandalizes folks buildings all the time, and folks treat him like the Messiah. He ain’t doing nothing new that Black and Brown folks haven’t done for decades.
I’m reblogging because BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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