Book tells of Great Lakes area's Black voyageurs
Freed from slavery, the Bongas became known for their incredible strength and skill as interpreters.
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Freed from slavery, the Bongas became known for their incredible strength and skill as interpreters.
Freed from slavery, the Bongas became known for their incredible strength and skill as interpreters.
Charvis Harrell’s “Bigger Than Paul Bunyan: The Life and Times of George Bonga,” opens Friday, Feb. 2, at Prøve Gallery in Duluth.
A place to view and create art: that’s the intent of Mercer’s downtown McEachern Art Center, affectionately referred to as the MAC. The MAC’s gallery opened to the public in early 2019 with support from Teresa McEachern and the Griffith Family Foundation of Macon. It is directed by Ben Dunn, a painter and art professor at Mercer University. The MAC’s mission, according to its website, is to enrich the art scene in Macon by displaying contemporary art from around the country in the downstairs galleries and hosting art students in the upstairs classrooms and studio spaces. By all accoun...