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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

Clint Smith The Atlantic
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

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Black Culture and History Matter

Kirsten Mullen The American Prospect
It took 150 years after America officially abolished slavery to get a national museum on the black experience.

Ralph Fasanella, Lest We Forget

Stephen May Antiques and the Arts Weekly
“Ralph Fasanella was a consummate New Yorker and self-taught artist who represented the very best of American ideals,” says Dr Anne-Imelda Radice, executive director of AFAM. “He cared about people who did not have a voice, so he gave them a voice through his paintings.”
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