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Art historian and HBCU Professor | Author: Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic | elizabethchamilton.com Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)
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As we close Black History Month, I want to share some exciting news: I earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. The girl who dreamed of being like Whitley Gilbert, is now a tenured art historian at an HBCU.
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I just solved Black Crossword's puzzle "Monday, February 23, 2026" in 1:26. Can you beat my time? Visit blackcrossword.com to play. crosshare.org/crosswords/S...
*These Heathens* is my favorite read of 2026.
βCranes in the Skyβ feels like gospel music.
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Toni Morrison reading.
βWhat's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?β β Toni Morrison, Jazz
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Me too. I saw her in concert in 2015 and she was amazing!
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Text of Alice Walkerβs poem βBe Nobodyβs Darlingβ
enslavement. Her definition of Womanism expanded boundaries for me in thinking about Black women and feminism. The Color Purple is one of my favorite books. In addition to being an essayist and novelist, Walker is also a poet and wrote one of my favorites, which Iβll share here: #BHM
The ninth day of Black History Month is Alice Walkerβs birthday. Her work has been foundational to me as an art historian. βIn Search of Our Motherβs Gardensβ argues for the reclamation of quotidian forms of beauty as art. It revolutionized how I think about Black womenβs cultural production during
Free features a standing female figure in a quilt-patterned dress that refers to the paintings to John Biggers. Her leather jacket and pin nod to the Black Panthers. Her hair is inspired by Esi Sagayβs African Hairstyles: Styles of Yesterday and Today. #BHM