FROM SLAVERY THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION, by Aaron Douglas
FROM SLAVERY THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION, by Aaron Douglas, 1934, African American oil painting. The central figure alludes to Emancipation and grabs the attention of the Cotton pickers, while threatening Klansmen approach from left. The four-panel series, ASPECTS OF NEGRO LIFE, was painted under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), for the New York Public Librarys 135th Street branch, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (BSLOC_2017_20_157)
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