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Why Sacred Egyptian Scarabs Bear the Faces of Black Men
(The Root) — 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. Among the extraordinarily varied types of imagery produced…
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Why Are Black Men on a Venetian Tomb?
(The Root) — 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. This week’s image features a detail from the…
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Blackness Portrayed as the Face of Evil
(The Root) — 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. This chilling scene of martyrdom comes from a…
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Connected by the Power of Music
(The Root) — 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 Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. A rustic barn provides the setting for a masterful study of the contrasting terms of village…
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Black Priests of the Isis Cult
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. After being hidden from view for nearly two millennia, this engaging view of an exotic religious rite was unearthed…
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Blacks Leading the Wise Men
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. The Adoration of the Magi is one of the most enduring images in Christian art. It not only evokes…
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Nubian Women in Ancient Egypt
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. A young black woman stands in a delicately swaying posture, holding a large lidded…
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A Black French Woman Smiles at Freedom
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. A young black woman, her face timeless yet somehow familiar, looks down with a sideways glance, her lips parted…
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A Black Man's Role in American Revolution
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. This striking pair of figures presents one aspect of the role of the black man in the American Revolution.…
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French Abolitionist as Savior in West Indies
(The Root) — 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 Institute for African and African American Research. The urge to memorialize great moments in history is one of the defining aspects…
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