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January 30, 2023

Drawing outside the lines:
Black self-taught artists

By Nancy Minty, Former Artstor Collections Editor
“Pictures just come to my mind, and I tell my heart to go ahead” – Horace Pippin1 We have gathered a selection of the works of African American self-taught artists to honor Black History Month. Through time, the output of Black creators in America has been labeled “primitive,” “naive,” “folk art,” “self-taught,” and more recently, […]

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January 27, 2023

23 freely accessible Black history collections

By Natalia Celine Arias, Senior Digital Designer
Happy Black History Month! A year ago we shared a selection of image and primary source collections on Artstor and JSTOR that focused on Black history. Today, we have more than 20 community-contributed collections to add to that list—all free to access and download on JSTOR. Black American Independent Voices (Reveal Digital) Independent Voices provides […]

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