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AAAS/FA-75B : History of African American Art

Course guide created by Lisa Zeidenberg, Creative Arts Librarian and Laura Hibbler, Associate University Librarian for Research & Instruction

Museum resources

Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series (Phillips Collection)
Incorporates image analysis and comparisons, cultural background (photos, cartoons, poems, and music), and other multimedia material, including maps, a chronology, and video interviews with the painter.
Modern Storytellers: Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edmonia Lewis (Smithsonian Institution of American Art)
Faith Ringgold, Flag Story quilt (Spencer Museum of Art)
includes video featuring commentary by the artist
Faith Ringgold (Guggenheim Museum)

Google Arts & Culture

Projects developed by museums and other arts organizations in partnership with Google's Arts & Culture project: