so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

He contacted the museum, and they confirmed that portraits of African American sitters from 1841 in Philadelphia were a significant find. But the paintings are just one part of this family’s rich ...

Three photographers are exhibiting work that confronts the way African-Americans are often perceived ... and power in the eyes of the people in the portraits, it immediately counters all the ...