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Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation (2016)

Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of contemporary artists such as Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Ellen Gallagher, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Art historians and gallery owners place the works in context, setting them against the larger social contexts of Jim Crow, WWI, the civil rights movement and the racism of the Reagan era, while contemporary artists discuss individual works by their forerunners and their ongoing influence.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Whitfield LovellWhitfield Lovell
  • Photo of Kerry James MarshallKerry James Marshall
  • Photo of Ellen GallagherEllen Gallagher
  • Photo of Richard PowellRichard Powell
  • Photo of Robert O'MeallyRobert O'Meally
  • Photo of Michael RosenfeldMichael Rosenfeld
  • Photo of Bridget MooreBridget Moore
  • Photo of Eric FonerEric Foner
  • Photo of David C. DriskellDavid C. Driskell
  • Photo of Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat

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