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Created by:

Herbert Alexander Gentry, American, 1919 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W x D (framed): 33 3/4 × 27 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (85.8 × 70.3 × 3.9 cm)

H x W (unframed): 12 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. (32 × 26 cm)

Type:

acrylic paintings

Date:

1993

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Identity  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie in memory of Thelma and Bert Ollie

Object number:

2010.67ab

Restrictions & Rights:

© Estate of Herbert Gentry

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55162c710-e61b-4f22-af47-58b60d860d23

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.67ab

Created by:

Stephen Towns, American, born 1980  Search this

Medium:

acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel

Dimensions:

H x W x D (a: wood panel): 24 × 16 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (61 × 40.9 × 4 cm)

H x W (b: quilt panel): 20 1/2 × 15 15/16 in. (52 × 40.5 cm)

Type:

panel paintings

fiber art

portraits

mixed media

Place made:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2017

Topic:

African American  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Art  Search this

Identity  Search this

Middle Passage  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Spirituality  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2019.25.3ab

Restrictions & Rights:

© Stephen Towns

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

An Offering

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd549dd3bfd-198d-4575-89d8-5d90be9e2f2c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.25.3ab

Illustrated by:

Kerry James Marshall, American, born 1955  Search this

Written by:

Kerry James Marshall, American, born 1955  Search this

Published by:

Carnegie Museum of Art, American, founded 1895  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W (closed): 17 3/16 × 11 1/2 in. (43.7 × 29.2 cm)

Type:

comics

Place made:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1999-2000

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Comics and graphic novels  Search this

Design  Search this

Graphic design  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2020.57.3.1ab

Restrictions & Rights:

© Kerry James Marshall. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd560a6611a-5963-4da8-b184-cbfe88b3854b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2020.57.3.1ab

Created by:

Nelson Eddy, American, 1901 - 1967  Search this

Subject of:

Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004  Search this

Owned by:

Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004  Search this

Medium:

paint on plaster

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 19 5/16 × 10 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (49 × 26 × 24 cm)

Type:

busts

Place used:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1943

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Actors  Search this

Art  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

A2022.13.1.28

Restrictions & Rights:

© Nelson Eddy Estate. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Etta Moten Barnett Archive

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd551a7dc29-0321-4934-8e61-eb43ce64585f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_A2022.13.1.28

Created by:

Mary C. Peterson, American, 1886 - 1967  Search this

Subject of:

Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004  Search this

Owned by:

Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004  Search this

Medium:

oil

Dimensions:

H x W x D (framed): 46 1/16 × 37 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (117 × 95.5 × 4.2 cm)

Type:

oil paintings

portraits

Place used:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1949

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Actors  Search this

Broadway Theatre  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

A2022.13.1.6

Restrictions & Rights:

© Mary C. Peterson . Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Etta Moten Barnett Archive

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bbf35ead-bcd4-4276-a2ef-23f4777cdc04

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_A2022.13.1.6

Created by:

John Rogers, American, 1829 - 1904  Search this

Subject of:

John Greenleaf Whittier, American, 1807 - 1892  Search this

Henry Ward Beecher, American, 1813 - 1887  Search this

William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879  Search this

Medium:

paint on plaster

Dimensions:

H x W: 21 7/8 x 15 7/8 x 12 in. (55.6 x 40.3 x 30.5 cm)

Type:

figurines

Place made:

New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1869

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Art  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

Motherhood  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.155.290

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

Anti-slavery movements

Abolitionist movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57c1a7b47-0648-405f-b6c9-31fe136e7e1e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.155.290

Created by:

Grafton Tyler Brown, American, 1841 - 1918  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W (unframed): 16 1/8 × 26 × 1 in. (41 × 66 × 2.5 cm)

H x W x D (frame): 23 9/16 × 33 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (59.8 × 84.7 × 7 cm)

Type:

oil paintings

Place depicted:

British Columbia, Canada, North and Central America

Date:

1882

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Nature  Search this

Rural life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Curtis E. Ransom in memory of Julia Turner Ransom

Object number:

2012.161ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f30a8d61-d697-42d1-b011-fcf707b373c4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.161ab

Created by:

David C. Driskell, American, 1931 - 2020  Search this

Subject of:

Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955  Search this

Medium:

mixed media on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W (unframed): 46 × 36 in. (116.8 × 91.4 cm)

Type:

oil paintings

Date:

1956

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Religion  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2009.7

Restrictions & Rights:

© The Estate of David C. Driskell

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52bcfba14-383d-460a-bfd9-60a0123db546

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.7

Created by:

Dr. Tanekeya Word  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 4872 pixels × 4524 pixels

File size: 44.58 MB

Type:

sketches

digital images

digital media - born analog

Place captured:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2017; scanned 2022

Topic:

African American  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Art  Search this

Design  Search this

Hair  Search this

Identity  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tanekeya Word

Object number:

2022.10

Restrictions & Rights:

© Tanekeya Word

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

Supernova Study

Classification:

Visual Arts

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Movement:

Afrofuturism

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e5cfb8a3-e88d-4f70-b218-6eede8b08cfd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2022.10

Published by:

Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung, American, 1857 - 1894  Search this

Edited by:

Frank Leslie, American, 1821 - 1880  Search this

Subject of:

Hiram Rhodes Revels, American, 1827 - 1901  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 7 15/16 × 7 7/16 in. (20.2 × 18.9 cm)

Type:

prints

portraits

Place printed:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1870

Topic:

African American  Search this

Emancipation  Search this

Politics  Search this

Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joele and Fred Michaud

Object number:

2013.239.14

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5085ef869-f27e-4bd6-a64a-ff219b7db2ce

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.239.14

Created by:

Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

oil paint on paperboard

Dimensions:

H x W x D (painting): 7 5/8 × 7 1/4 × 1/4 in. (19.4 × 18.4 × 0.6 cm)

H x W (framed): 13 5/8 × 14 3/4 in. (34.6 × 37.5 cm)

Type:

oil paintings

Place made:

Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1970

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Art  Search this

Domestic life  Search this

Families  Search this

Folklife  Search this

Marriage customs and rites  Search this

Religious rituals and ceremonies  Search this

Rural life  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Collection of Sabra Brown Martin

Object number:

2017.68.10

Restrictions & Rights:

© Cane River Art Corporation

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e9b9862e-9f60-40bc-9e36-b2ecdd4b98ff

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.68.10

Created by:

Barbara Chase-Riboud, American and French, born 1939  Search this

Produced by:

Fonderia Bonvicini, Italian, founded 1960  Search this

Medium:

polished bronze, silk and synthetic silk

Dimensions:

79 x 52 x 32 in. (200.7 x 132.1 x 81.3 cm)

Type:

sculpture

Date:

1994

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Hinduism  Search this

Sexuality  Search this

Spirituality  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Roger and Caroline Ford

Object number:

2014.62

Restrictions & Rights:

© Barbara Chase-Riboud

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd512b0390a-51f4-473c-a34b-9071a648ee5f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.62

Created by:

Juan Sánchez, American, born 1954  Search this

Medium:

mixed media: paper, acrylic paint and oil paint on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 35 1/2 × 37 1/4 in. (90.2 × 94.6 cm)

Type:

collages

multimedia works

Cultural Place:

Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Date:

2013

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Catholicism  Search this

Colonialism  Search this

Families  Search this

Motherhood  Search this

Photography  Search this

Poetry  Search this

Prayer  Search this

Religion  Search this

Spirituality  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center

Object number:

2021.71.2

Restrictions & Rights:

© Juan Sánchez, Guariken Arts Inc.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

UNKNOWN BORICUAS

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d40c966f-9df3-4457-a2ba-8a64f6a6efbb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.71.2

Created by:

Charles White, American, 1918 - 1979  Search this

Medium:

charcoal black and carbon black pencil on illustration board

Dimensions:

H x W: 40 1/4 x 48 x 3/16 in. (102.2 x 121.9 x 0.5 cm)

Type:

drawings

portraits

Date:

1961

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Gospel (Music)  Search this

Religion  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2009.6

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1961 The Charles White Archive

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52adc8bbc-bf9a-47da-a246-d3e7757727e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.6

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

President John F. Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963  Search this

Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968  Search this

Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968  Search this

Medium:

oil paint and ink on plywood

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 75 x 48 x 1/2 in. (190.5 x 121.9 x 1.3 cm)

Type:

mural paintings

Place used:

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1968

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Art  Search this

Black power  Search this

Catholicism  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Faith  Search this

Freedom  Search this

Interfaith communities  Search this

Justice  Search this

Local and regional  Search this

Men  Search this

Poverty  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vincent DeForest

Object number:

2012.110.10

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

African American - Latinx Solidarity

Poor People's Campaign

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a6215c01-6a24-4a28-a5f3-881215c13b44

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.110.10

Created by:

Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988  Search this

Medium:

oil or acrylic paint on canvas board

Dimensions:

H x W (unframed): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

H x W x D (framed): 23 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (59.4 × 51.8 × 6 cm)

Type:

paintings

Place made:

Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1985

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Religion  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Henley A. Hunter, Kathey N. Hunter, and Anne Kathryn Hunter

Object number:

2012.168

Restrictions & Rights:

© Cane River Art Corporation

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55b5286a4-03d2-4c48-9a8e-56f2db300547

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.168

Created by:

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, American, 1877 - 1968  Search this

Medium:

paint on plaster

Dimensions:

19 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (49.5 × 21.9 × 19.4 cm)

Type:

sculpture

portraits

Date:

ca. 1899

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Religion  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Fuller Family

Object number:

2013.242.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5396baf38-1657-48ff-ab6f-edef21518e74

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.242.2

Created by:

Kesha Bruce, American  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

pigment on paper mounted on polyvinyl chloride board

Dimensions:

H x W: 27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm)

with mounted backing: 27 × 20 × 1 1/16 in. (68.6 × 50.8 × 2.7 cm)

Type:

collages

photographs

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2008

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Education  Search this

Families  Search this

Gospel (Music)  Search this

Identity  Search this

Photography  Search this

Religion  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the artist and Morton Fine Art

Object number:

2013.77.10

Restrictions & Rights:

© Kesha Bruce

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

(Re)calling & (Re)telling Series

Classification:

Visual Arts

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ddb039a0-37ac-4ce9-a18c-1351168447cd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.77.10

Created by:

Kesha Bruce, American  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

pigment on paper mounted on polyvinyl chloride board

Dimensions:

H x W: 27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm)

with mounted backing: 27 × 20 1/16 × 1 in. (68.6 × 51 × 2.5 cm)

Type:

collages

photographs

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2008

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Families  Search this

Gospel (Music)  Search this

Identity  Search this

Music  Search this

Photography  Search this

Religion  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the artist and Morton Fine Art

Object number:

2013.77.12

Restrictions & Rights:

© Kesha Bruce

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

(Re)calling & (Re)telling Series

Classification:

Visual Arts

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564df1de5-384a-4332-b093-8c3761345b43

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.77.12

Created by:

Kesha Bruce, American  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Medium:

pigment on paper mounted on polyvinyl chloride board

Dimensions:

H x W: 27 x 20 in. (68.6 x 50.8 cm)

with mounted backing: 27 × 20 × 1 in. (68.6 × 50.8 × 2.5 cm)

Type:

collages

photographs

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

Des Moines, Iowa, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2008

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Families  Search this

Gospel (Music)  Search this

Identity  Search this

Photography  Search this

Religion  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the artist and Morton Fine Art

Object number:

2013.77.13

Restrictions & Rights:

© Kesha Bruce

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

(Re)calling & (Re)telling Series

Classification:

Visual Arts

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c54db97a-6883-4410-a091-1b1c94ff0a65

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.77.13