Black history, includes art history, and over the years people of color have been portrayed in paintings in various ways and ...

Before 1800, free African American men had nominal rights of citizenship. In some places they could vote, serve on juries, and work in skilled trades. But as the need to justify slavery grew ...

it did not guarantee voting access to all women. Citizenship laws, poll taxes, threats, and violence barred African American, Latina, Native American, Asian American, immigrant, and poor women. Many ...

Carrie Mae Weems is a contemporary American artist ... (1990), a groundbreaking investigation of African American stereotypes. Weems’ work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of ...

Museums in Martinsville, Wytheville and Lynchburg are among those offering special Black History Month programs.