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Profile: Claudette Johnson (1955-)

Claudette Elaine Johnson is a British visual artist. She is known for her large-scale drawings of Black women and involvement with the BLK Art Group. She was described by Modern Art Oxford as “one of the most accomplished figurative artists working in Britain today” Biography Claudette Johnson was born in Manchester, UK. She studied Fine Art at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. While still a student there, she became a founder member of the BLK Art … Continue reading Profile: Claudette Johnson (1955-)

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Revisit: HOLMES V. FORD (1853)

The lawsuit filed by Robin and Polly Holmes against Nathaniel Ford in 1852 is often cited as the legal event that ended slavery in Oregon. This is not accurate. Legally, Oregon was anti-slavery throughout the antebellum period. The provisional government prohibited slavery in 1843; the territorial government did so in 1848. Finally, Oregonians included an anti-slavery article in the 1857 statehood constitution. The Holmes v. Ford case … Continue reading Revisit: HOLMES V. FORD (1853)

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Profile: Amanda Aldridge (1866-1956)

Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge was a British opera singer and teacher who composed love songs, suites, sambas and light orchestral pieces under the pseudonym of Montague Ring. Life Amanda Aldridge was born on 10 March 1866 in Upper Norwood, London, the third child of African-American actor Ira Frederick Aldridge and his second wife, Amanda Brandt, who was Swedish. She had two sisters, Rachael and Luranah, and two brothers, Ira Daniel and Ira Frederick. … Continue reading Profile: Amanda Aldridge (1866-1956)

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