The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B singing group from Oakland, California that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over four decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock. Continue reading Profile: The Pointer Sisters
Xaviera Simmons is an American contemporary artist. She has discussed in lectures that she is a descendant of Black American enslaved individuals on all sides of her lineage as well as European American colonizers and Indigenous Americans through the institution of American Slavery. Continue reading Profile: Xaviera Simmons (1974-)
Purvis Young was an American artist from the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Young’s work, often a blend of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south. Continue reading Profile: Purvis Young (1943-2010)
Lou Stovall is an American artist. Stovall grew up in Springfield, MA and he studied at Howard University, where he earned a BFA in 1965. He also received a Doctor of Fine Arts Honoris Causa, from the now-closed Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington, D.C. in 2001. He has lived and worked in Washington, D.C. since 1962.
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