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Exhibiting Slavery and Representing Black Lives: a virtual conference in four parts
- Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Slave Trade: Curating Histories, Envisioning FuturesCenter for Netherlandish Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Harvard Art Museums; and the Department of History and Architecture, Harvard University, April 9, 16, 23.
Dutch Merchant with Slaves, 1700-1725, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (public domain)
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- "Arts & Culture," Racial Equity Tools. Arts and culture are among the most powerful ways to share anti-racist, decolonizing and pro-Blackness representations, messages and stories. They are also useful tools for engaging groups around racial equity topics, and for support of transformative learning. See the Racial Equity Learning curricula on this site, as well as the resources in this section, for ways in which groups have been creative in shifting culture, engaging people, and taking action in their racial equity work.
- "Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here." Melena Ryzik, etal., New York Times, June 8, 2020. This article may not be free in its entirety. Check BU;s subscription which provides text without images.
- "In Self-Portraits, 27 Black Photographers Reflect Themselves and America," Pierre-Antoine Louis, NewYork Times, June 19, 2020 If URL does not work, try these: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/19/arts/black-photographers-self-portraits.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/19/arts/black-photographers-self-portraits.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
- National Monument Audit This search interface allows you to explore the 48,178 data records that make up the National Monument Audit “study set.” We retrieved and analyzed data records from 42 data sources created and maintained by federal, state, local, tribal, institutional, and affinity organizations. These data sources were included because they provided publicly accessible digital records about a wide range of cultural and natural objects.
- Historical Marker Database This website is an illustrated searchable online catalog of historical information viewed through the filter of roadside and other permanent outdoor markers, monuments, and plaques. It contains photographs, inscription transcriptions, marker locations, maps, additional information and commentary, and links to more information.
