How One Family Photographed a Black Renaissance
Watch art historian Rashieda Witter discuss Addison Scurlock and his sons George and Robert, photographers who documented the thriving Black community in Washington, D.C. over the course of nine decades. In the 1920s, their studio, the Scurlock Studio, was pivotal in recording the Black Renaissance in Washington. Read more about the Scurlock Studio here.
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Video: Master Printmaker LaToya Hobbs Creates a Woodblock Print Inspired by Elizabeth Catlett
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