Quote of the Day: Ernest Crichlow on Art

You can read this quote by Ernest Crichlow, from a 1981 interview with the Stamford Advocate, in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations.Hear more about Crichlow’s work here. Suggested Reading The Most Exciting Tours From Black Artists in 2026! Shannon Sharpe’s “18 and Out” Rule Sparks Heated Debate: Tough Love or Unrealistic Standard? Tokyo Toni’s Shocking Statement That Brought…

You can read this quote by Ernest Crichlow, from a 1981 interview with the Stamford Advocate, in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations.Hear more about Crichlow’s work here.

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and founding director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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