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The Black Arts And Black Power Movements In The Artwork Of John T. Riddle, Jr., Isabella Vitti
The Black Arts And Black Power Movements In The Artwork Of John T. Riddle, Jr., Isabella Vitti
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This thesis examines the under-studied work of the Black sculptor John T. Riddle, Jr. and how he was influenced by the politics of Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Police brutality, the Vietnam War, the Black Power Movement, and the Watts uprising had a major impact on Riddle’s work.
Leonard Freed's Black In White America, Jennifer Cherry Wilkinson
Leonard Freed's Black In White America, Jennifer Cherry Wilkinson
Theses and Dissertations
Through a dynamic range of photographs and texts from the 1960s, Leonard Freed’s Black in White America is an exceptional artwork that both illustrates the numerous ways the photo book format creates meaning and provides an alternate history of the Civil Rights movement and the lives of those impacted by it.