Art.
Painting, illustration and photography from the artists we've carried for two decades. Every piece runs at full size, uncropped — free to read, like everything else here.
Black In America: CNN, and the Art of Opportunism – The Substance of Truth
Tolu Olorunda
July 16, 2009
Art: No Parking For Your Burdens
George Keswick Documentary and Portrait Photography
July 16, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “None of us got where we are…” – Thurgood Marshall
The Black Commentator
July 9, 2009
Art: Distinctive Moves
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
July 9, 2009
Art: MJ: He Became What We Are Becoming
In-Coq-Negro
July 2, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “I do not expect the white media…” – Huey Newton
The Black Commentator
July 2, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
The Black Commentator
June 25, 2009
Art: Family Affair
Jim Alexander Atlanta GA
June 25, 2009
Quote to Ponder: Juneteenth:- ” … all slaves are free…” – Union Army Major General Gordon Granger
The Black Commentator
June 18, 2009
Art: Possibilities
Larry Richardson Valencia CA
June 18, 2009
Quote to Ponder: Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty…” – Angela Davis
The Black Commentator
June 11, 2009
Art: The Regulars
George Keswick Documentary and Portrait Photography
June 11, 2009
Art: The Family Tree
Kadir Nelson San Diego CA
June 4, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman…” – Judge Sonia Sotomayor (read complete quote)
The Black Commentator
June 4, 2009
Art: The Buffalo Soldiers
Frederic Remington
May 28, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “For the black man with the attaché case…” – James Baldwin
The Black Commentator
May 28, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “The press is so powerful in its image-making role… ” – Malcolm X
The Black Commentator
May 21, 2009
Art: Despite Gravity
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
May 21, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “A black person who publicly disparages or criticizes other blacks…’ – Derrick Bell
The Black Commentator
May 14, 2009
Art: Stars and Bars
Jim Alexander Atlanta GA
May 14, 2009
Art: Mother Reading to Daughter
London Ladd Syracuse NY
May 7, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother,,, ” – Toni Morrison
The Black Commentator
May 7, 2009
Quote to Ponder: “… a separate Negro school… – W.E.B. Du Bois
The Black Commentator
April 30, 2009
Art: “Mesakin Nuba” by Larry Richardson
The Black Commentator
April 30, 2009