Histories of Art, Race and Empire: 1492-1865

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 23.01.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction 
  2. Unit Content
  3. Strategies 
  4. Activities 
  5. Reference Materials 
  6. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  7. Bibliography 
  8. Notes

Perspectives on Race: Slavery and its Legacies in Art

Tina Berry

Published September 2023

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Reference Materials 

Edgefield Potters and David Drake (‘Dave the Potter’) 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/edgefield 

Dave the Potter, Vases and Jugs 

https://www.osgf.org/blog/2019/2/13/dave-the-potter-and-his-historic-ceramics 

Eyre Crow, Slaves Waiting for Sale, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/slave-Trade-eyre-crowes-images-of-the/ 

Henry Bibb pamphlet image, Author Unknown, Slave Auction, 1849 

https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/bibb/bibb.html

B., Du Bois W E, and Brent Hayes Edwards. The Souls of Black Folk. Oxford University Press, 2007. 

Aaron Douglas, mural, Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, 1934 

https://www.illustrationhistory.org/illustrations/aspects-of-negro-life-song-of-the-towers 

Skip Hill, mural, History in the Making, 2021 

https://www.tulsa.tours/greenwood-black-wall-street-tour 

Tulsa Historical Society and Museum. Images of Tulsa Race Massacre https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/photos/nggallery/page/5 

Skip Hill, collage, Beauty Shop Aria, 2020

https://www.skiphillart.com

Faith Ringgold, collage quilt, Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima, 1983

https://www.faithringgold.com/portfolio/whos-afraid-of-aunt-jemima/

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