This is part of a collection I found through a yard sale. Gordon Parks’ work should be in every collection. I was fortunate to find these slides.
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Art by Black artists, Art about black subjects
Joseph Charles Price an Unsung Hero
Thanks to Dr. Lenwood Davis for this article.
By Dr. Lenwood Davis
During Black History Month a number of African American heroes are discussed such as Crispus Attucks, Benjamin Banneker, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, A. Phillip Randolph, Paul Robeson, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, Malcolm X and too many others to name.
Among the number of Unsung African American heroes who are usually forgotten is Joseph Charles Price. He was a major African American leader between 1880 – 1893.
Joseph Charles Price was born in Elizabeth City, N.C. on Feb. 10, 1854. Emily Paulin, his mother, was born a free African American woman and his father, Charles Dozier, was a slave. During Slavery the child always followed the status of the mother. Since Price’s mother was a free woman, he also was a free child. Price and his mother moved to New Bern, N.C., to…
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I look at art from two perspectives. I include African American artists as well as African Americans as the subject of art. Virginia Fouche Bolton was a beloved South Carolina artist known for her watercolors of Charleston and the Gullah people of Edisto. 
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Addie James is a self taught artist from Statesville, NC. I was fortunate to pick up these two original paintings. 
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Who are the Top Ten African American artists? Who are YOUR favorite artists? This is subjective, as it should be. Sometimes we favor artists that have been around a long time. Other times we find a new artist that jumps out at us from the internet. This watercolor by Stacey Brown really speaks to me. You can find more of his art on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/shop/SBrownART?ref=l2-shopheader-name or his website http://www.sbrownart.com/index2.php#!/3/featured/Watercolors/115
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