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Art of Rebellion: Black Art of the Civil Rights Movement
July 23
– October 22, 2017
Updated
Jul 22, 2017
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“The 1920s...The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots,” 1974, Jacob Lawrence, screenprint. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Ancestral Memory,” 1966, Hale Woodruff, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Southern Pasture,” 1963, Benny Andrews, collage and oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“The Fire Next Time,” 1968, Vincent Smith, oil paint and sand on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Revolutionary,” 1972, Wadsworth Jarrell, screenprint. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Victory in the Valley of Eshu,” 1971, Jeff Donaldson, serigraph. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Christa and Michael Brinson
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“Shango,” 1969, Ademola Olugebefola, acrylic and mixed media on panel. Courtesy of the artist
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“Selma to Montgomery, Alabama March,” Cover of May, 1965 issue of Ebony magazine, printed from digital file, 2017, Moneta Sleet Jr. Courtesy of the Johnson Publishing Company
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“City Limits,” 1969, Philip Guston, oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Musa Guston, 1991
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“For Trayvon, Amadou, Sean, and Mike,” 2014, Titus Kaphar, chalk on asphalt, Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery
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“Queen Mother Helen Moore,” 2015, Mario Moore, oil on copper. Courtesy of the artist
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“Poster for ‘Blood at the Root’ Exhibition,” 2014, Antonia Clifford, printed from digital file, 2017. Courtesy of the artist.
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“Black Lives Matter,” 2015, Adam Pendleton, mixed media. Collection of Andrea Glimcher
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“Homage to Black Women Poets,” 1984, Elizabeth Catlett, mahogany. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Blood of My Blood,” 1973, Ché Baraka, collage and acrylic on board. Courtesy of the artist
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"1967: Death in the Algiers Motel and Beyond,” 2017, Rita Dickerson, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.
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“James Baldwin in Setting Sun over Harlem, New York,” 1991, Ming Smith, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Fadiouth Senegal,” 1972, Anthony Barboza, pigment print. Detroit Institute of Arts
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"Model Pat Evans,” 1971, Anthony Barboza, pigment print. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Three Queens,” 1971, Wadsworth Jarrel, acrylic on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts
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“Malcolm X Speaks at a Rally in Harlem (at 115th St. & Lenox Ave.), New York, September 7, 1963,” 1963, Adger Cowans, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts