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A painting with a large letter V for Victory in the center that has a split down the middle caused by a white figure with an axe. The V is also flanked by various Black and Caucasian figures, including a member of the Ku Klux Klan, the Statue of Liberty rendered in dark brown, World War II soldiers, a doctor, a pilot, and others.

The Timelessness of Horace Pippin’s Concern

Looking for signs of change in the eight decades since Pippin made his iconic painting about American racism

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A black and white photo of Bessie Smith in a sleeveless top embroidered at the shoulders. On her right shoulder is the sculpted head of a larger-than-life-sized Black figure with wide eyes and a broad grin. Smith's eyes are pointed upwards at the figure's face.

Carl Van Vechten and the White Gaze

How patronage and racist imagery converge in Van Vechten’s photographs of Black artists

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