Celebrating African-American achievement in the twentieth century, this collection of photographs profiles such famous figures as W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Bessie Smith.

Buchser was an established Swiss painter sent by a Swiss political party to the US after the Civil War to represent Swiss enthusiasm and support for the Union victory. In this catalogue, published in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, several essays discuss his travels, the context of his work, his life portrait (the last) of Robert E. Lee, his portraits of freed former slaves, and his sketches of Native American life. Thirty-one paintings plus notes are featured. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

A celebration of African American achievement in the twentieth century features portraits of such famous figures as W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Bessie Smith (view table of contents)

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The author aims to illuminate the theoretical basis to Jean Toomer's later literary works by examining his enthusiasm for the theories of the Russian psychologist and philosopher, Georgei Gurdjieff.

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Product Description: This portfolio of eighty-three photographs constitutes a stunning celebration of African American achievement in the twentieth century. Carl Van Vechten, a longtime patron of black writers and artists, took these photographs over the course of three decades―primarily as gifts to his subjects, such luminaries as W...read more