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Post Election, to Realize Our Future, We Have to 'Do More and Do Better'
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Post Election, to Realize Our Future, We Have to ‘Do More and Do Better’

by Victoria L. Valentine on Nov 16, 2016 • No Comments
For Freedoms: NARI WARD, “Mass Action,” 2016 (shoelaces). | ©Nari Ward. Courtesy the Artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong   ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, AMERICA WOKE UP to a new president-elect. The largely unexpected result has struck fear, anger, disappointment, and disbelief, in a majority of the voting populace. Americans are dismayed...
Merry Christmas From VanDerZee's Harlem
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Merry Christmas From VanDerZee’s Harlem

by Victoria L. Valentine on Dec 25, 2014 • No Comments
  MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CULTURE TYPE. Whenever this time of year rolls around, I begin to think of images documenting the holiday season and none resonate more than the black-and-white photographs of James VanDerZee (1886-1983). The renowned Harlem photographer took a couple of memorable Christmas images in 1933 that document the vintage charm of traditional...

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