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French Sculptor Lies About a Slavery Rebellion, Turns White Guy Into a Hero
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. A scene of frantic battle is captured by an exaggerated, rather…
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How a Black Warrior Became a Symbol for a German Fraternal Society
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. An elegantly armored black warrior resolutely charges forth, astride a mythical beast drawn…
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Why Is a Black Man in a French Family Portrait?
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Taken for granted today, the pictorial commemoration of the family was…
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Miracle of the Black Leg: Honorable Act or Exploitation?
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. In a startling re-enactment of a pious medieval legend, two doctors…
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A Symbol of African Power and Prestige
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Poised in a heroic stance derived from the canon of classical…
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A Slave’s Exotic Beauty Becomes a Status Symbol in France
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Presented to the viewer in the magnificent attire of a servant,…
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A Memorable Portrait of an Ex-Slave
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Bundled in a heavy overcoat, high-collared jacket and knit cap, an…
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Racial Tolerance Engraved in Stone
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. From a position firmly fixed between the mundane and the sacred,…
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Regal Trio’s Historic Link to Escaped Slaves and South America’s Indigenous Tribes
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. Presented as confident rulers of their own nation, a black leader…
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Statue Captures a Black Saint’s Prominent Role
This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. One of the most imposing sculptural monuments to the great black…
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