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.
Art: John Henrik Clark – Documentary Photography
Jim Alexander Atlanta GA
June 19, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “Up You Mighty Race,..” – Marcus Garvey
The Black Commentator
June 19, 2008
Art: Blessed with Color
Larry Richardson Valencia CA
June 12, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “We, as individuals, are fast losing our reputation for honest dealing. Our nation is losing its character. The loss of a firm national character, or the degredation of a nation’s honour, is the inevitable prelude to her destruction.” – William Wells Brown, Abolitionist, Author, Playwright
The Black Commentator
June 12, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “I made ‘Bo Diddley’ in ’55, they started playing it, and everybody freaked out. Caucasian kids threw Beethoven into the garbage can.” – Bo Diddley
The Black Commentator
June 5, 2008
Art: Underground Railroad
London Ladd Syracuse NY
June 5, 2008
Art: Joyful Moves
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
May 29, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “Today, the United States has nothing of the spirit…” – Fidel Castro
The Black Commentator
May 29, 2008
Art: Blues Jam II – Documentary Photography
Jim Alexander Atlanta GA
May 22, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “The press is so powerful…” – Malcolm X
The Black Commentator
May 22, 2008
Art: The Five Graces (Why War)
The Black Commentator
May 15, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “Certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do…”
The Black Commentator
May 15, 2008
Art: Mother Reading to Daughter
London Ladd Syracuse NY
May 8, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother… ” – Toni Morrison, Winner of The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1993
The Black Commentator
May 8, 2008
Art: Blues Jam – Documentary Photography
The Black Commentator
May 1, 2008
Art: Waters Edge
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
May 1, 2008
Art: Madonna of Darfur
The Black Commentator
April 17, 2008
Art: Satchel Paige
The Black Commentator
April 10, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.” — Stokley Carmichael/Kwame Ture
The Black Commentator
March 27, 2008
Art: African Liberation Day 72 – Documentary Photography
The Black Commentator
March 27, 2008
Art: Glad About It
Margaret Warfield Atlanta GA
March 27, 2008
Art: End of the Day
The Black Commentator
March 20, 2008
Quote to Ponder: “If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything . . . that smacks of discrimination or slander.” – Mary McLeod Bethune
The Black Commentator
March 20, 2008
Quote to Ponder
The Black Commentator
March 13, 2008