African American Art History Initiative

Chicken Soup, the Dance

How Blondell Cummings created an iconic dance inspired by childhood memories

Sidney Kantono | September 20, 2021

How Blondell Cummings took inspiration from cooking, cleaning, and eating lunch

Erin Migdol | September 15, 2021

An upcoming virtual event explores key writings about African American art and artists from the 1960s to the 1980s

Amy Hood | September 2, 2021

A curator connects to the long struggle for civil rights

Artist Lava Thomas honors the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement

Lava Thomas | February 23, 2021

A new website celebrates the magazine’s photography and legacy of telling African American stories

Amy Hood | November 25, 2020

On the life and career of the L.A. architect.

How the Getty Research Institute will protect and promote the study of African American art histories.

The archive features powerful images cataloguing 20th century African American life

Getty Media | March 11, 2020