President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote. Continue reading President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act
Profile: Merton Simpson (1928-2013)
Merton Daniel Simpson was an American abstract expressionist painter and African and tribal art collector and dealer. Continue reading Profile: Merton Simpson (1928-2013)
Profile: Thomas Sills (1914-2000)
Thomas Sills was a painter and collagist and a participant in the New York Abstract Expressionist movement. At the peak of his career in the 1960s and 1970s, his work was widely shown in museums. He had four solo shows at Betty Parsons Gallery, was regularly featured in art journals and is in museum collections.
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Profile: Charles Sebree (1914-1985)
Charles Sebree was an American painter and playwright best known for his involvement in Chicago’s black arts scene of the 1930s and 1940s. Continue reading Profile: Charles Sebree (1914-1985)
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