African Americans’ First Memorial Day In Charleston, South Carolina, 1865
The first widely publicized observance of a Memorial Day-type observance after the Civil War was in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 1, 1865.
Getty Library Acquires Major Private Collection Of Published Material On African American Art And Artists From Harlem To Hawaii
The Getty Research Institute has acquired The Whitney and Lee Kaplan African American Visual Culture Collection.
Civil Rights Lawyer Jack Greenberg’s Prints And Manuscripts Of African Americana For Sale At Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries’ on Thursday, March 24, 2022, sale Printed Manuscript & African Americana sale will feature important material, from slavery through the civil rights era and into the current period.
African American Art From Harlem To Hollywood Raise $4 M At Swann Galleries
“We are beyond thrilled with the results of the Thursday, October 7, 2021, auction, which was a historic sale for Swann Galleries: our first auction to hammer over $4 million.
The Legendary Vertner Woodson Tandy, The First African American Registered Architect In NY State
Harlem‘s Vertner Woodson Tandy, May 17, 1885 – November 7, 1949, was an American architect.
Hale Woodruff, Mid-Century Abstraction Lead African American Art And The Harlem Renaissance At The Swann
The fall sale of African American Art is at Swann Galleries Thursday, October 7, 2021, with market—and house—favorites returning to the auction.
Love Brings Together Hosts Jean, Martin Shafiroff, Aisha Christian And Michael Steifman To The Southampton African American Museum Benefit
The Southampton African American Museum (SAAM) held a summer party chaired by New York philanthropist, author, and TV host Jean Shafiroff, and her husband, Martin Shafiroff.