“Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist.” “He was very much a modernist in the sense that he believed in progress, despite the toughness of the subject matter and the real-life situations ...

But it lacked a visual identity until Aaron Douglas, a few years after earning his ... he would become known as “the father of African American art.” Douglas’s artistic style from the era crackled ...

Black American History Month” is being acknowledged in Greenbelt by various groups. This year’s theme is African Americans ...