Black Artists in America: From the Bicentennial to September 11

by Ellen Daugherty, Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins, Julie L. McGee, Kevin Sharp

Published in association with the Dixon Gallery and Gardens

During the turbulent 1950s to 1970s, Black American artists, responding to increasing civil rights activism, challenged inequities in the art world. Artists created works that celebrated their racial identity, connected with Black audiences, and participated in the struggle for political, economic, and social equality. The establishment of artist collectives, such as Spiral, and museums devoted to Black art, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, alongside the emergence of art historians and critics such as David Driskell and Linda Goode Bryant, marked early steps to bring Black art into broader artistic discourse.

Hardcover / 152 Pages / 9 x 11 inches