History refused to die : the enduring legacy of the African American art of Alabama /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[Montgomery, Ala.] : [Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts] ; [Mobile, Ala.] : [Alabama Contemporary Arts Center], [2015] [Canada] : printed by the Prolific Group, [2015]
Description:	215 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Arnett, William S. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts -- Exhibitions. Alabama Contemporary Arts Center -- Exhibitions. African American art -- Alabama -- Exhibitions. African American artists -- Alabama -- Exhibitions. African American art. African American artists. African Americans in art. Art -- Private collections. Slavery in art. Slaves. Alabama. Art. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10337813

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Other authors / contributors:	Arnett, William S. Bickford, Laura. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Alabama Contemporary Arts Center.
ISBN:	9780692365205 0692365206
Notes:	Published on the occasion of the two-part exhibition at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and Alabama Contemporary Arts Center, March--December 2015. "Unless otherwise noted in the photographic captions, all works of art . . . are from the collection of William S. Arnett or the William S. Arnett Collection of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation"--Title page verso. Artists include: Gee's Bend Quiltmakers, Louisiana Bendolph, Arthur Dial, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial Jr., Thornton Dial Sr., Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Charlie Lucas, Joe Minter, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver. Includes bibliographical references (page 203) and index.

Table of Contents:

A history that refused to die / William S. Arnett
From seeds : slavery in antebellum Alabama / Margaret Lynne Ausfeld
One hour after slavery / Bernard L. Herman
"Looking at my bloody feet" / Sharon P. Holland
A fast walk through a long history : from Jamestown to Selma / Horace Randall Williams
The tree as anchor of life : the path to freedom in three acts / Diala Toure
The souls of great contemporary art / Hill Harper
Mending the arch / Robert Sain
Only artists / Karen Wilkin.

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