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Artwork or Reality?

Glenn Ligon’s artwork entitled RUNAWAYS was very interesting to me because it shows how runaway slaves were described differently from various descriptors. These advertisements serve as a reflection of classified ads once created by enslavers. They carry details crucial for identifying a runaway from physical…

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Igniting a Movement

How does “BOYCOTT” display that an act of defiance united a community and did not tear it apart due to outside pressure? The film BOYCOTT portrayed how a single act of refusal could spark monumental change. On December 1st, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, history changed…

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