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Karel Teissig’s Black Jesus
At the end of the TV miniseries Killing Jesus that premiered this March, several contemporary Jesus artworks scan the screen. I recognized many of them, but one that was new to me and that I really like is a crucifixion … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Non-Western Art
Tagged black christ, Christ as victim, Patrice Lumumba
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“Africanizing Christian Art” exhibition in Tenafly, NJ
Through July 30, 2014, the African Art Museum of the Society of African Missions is hosting an exhibition called “Africanizing Christian Art,” curated by Nicholas J. Bridger. About a half-hour drive from New York City, the museum is located in … Continue reading
Book Review: The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
As a schoolgirl, I was taught plenty about slavery and segregation in the US; I was taught that both were gross injustices, shameful times in our nation’s past. There was so much emphasis on the civil rights movement in our … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Politics
Tagged black christ, christian racism, countee cullen, lynching era, lynching in art, lynching in poetry, white supremacy
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What the cross has to say to civil rights struggles
On September 15, 1963, a bomb tore through the east wall of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four little black girls who were attending Sunday school. The act of four white men, this bombing was only one … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Western Art
Tagged birmingham bombing, black christ, Black History Month, civil rights movement
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MLK, Pippin, and the Holy Mountain
In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday, I’d like to highlight the work of one who shared Dr. King’s vision, but whose microphone was a canvas. This painting by self-taught African American artist Horace … Continue reading
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