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'Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North' is on view until March 24 at the American Folk Art Museum in New York.

Even as New York’s museums deliver a season of exhibitions in which the Black figure is emphatically, profoundly present, these institutions are

A vital American Folk Art Museum show reckons with centuries of erasure by uncovering historical records of the unnamed Black people depicted in artwork.

    by ramesh kalepellithe 19th-century educator and author ann plato had said, “to remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.” yishita kale of rajura is living by these words, striving to educate underprivileg

The fascinating story of African American print culture; its authors, editors, journalists, printers and publishers. From protest pamphlets to the first Black newspapers and books.