A Study of Artist Aaron Douglas: Painting the Human Figure in the Tradition of Resistance — Civil Rights Teaching
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Lesson by Patty Bode and Stephanie Schmidt The artwork and leadership of Aaron Douglas foreshadowed the Civil Rights era by setting the visual tone of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 1930s. In this lesson, students will learn about Aaron Douglas and draw silhouettes of marchers, cu
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Power and Impact Resources – African American Museum of Iowa
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Marching for Civil Rights Today: A Collaborative Mural — Civil
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Harlem Renaissance Art Overview
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Harlem Renaissance Definition, Artwork & Impact - Video & Lesson
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Aaron Douglas
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From Harlem to Texas: African American Art and the Murals of Aaron
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Marching for Civil Rights Today: A Collaborative Mural — Civil
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Criticism - e-flux
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From Slavery Through Reconstruction (1934) by Aaron Douglas – Artchive
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From Slavery Through Reconstruction - Aaron Douglas - LadyKflo
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African American art and social justice
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Studio magazine (Winter/Spring 2017) by The Studio Museum in
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African American art and social justice
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African American art
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Betye Saar, Liberation of Aunt Jemima