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1946 Life Magazine Offers Platform for 12 'Negro' Artists
1940-1959 / Magazines

1946 Life Magazine Offers Platform for 12 ‘Negro’ Artists

by Victoria L. Valentine on Jan 14, 2014 • 1 Comment
NUDE FROM THE WAIST UP, Eldzier Cortor‘s vision of Black female beauty made quite a statement in 1946 when it was showcased in Life magazine. While other Black artists, preoccupied with racial uplift, generally portrayed Black women in morally unambiguous circumstances, Cortor embraced the natural beauty and power of their bodies. In his view, dignity...
Jacob Lawrence Makes Publishing History
1940-1959 / Magazines

Jacob Lawrence Makes Publishing History

by Victoria L. Valentine on Oct 18, 2013 • 2 Comments
TUCKED AMONG A SERIES of reports on the automobile industry and articles on wind energy, Africa and geopolitics, the November 1941 issue of Fortune magazine features a portfolio of 26 paintings by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000). Eight pages are devoted to “The Migration of the Negro,” his series depicting the great migration of black Americans from...

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