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Tag: Martin Luther King

Postcards in Isolation 18: Faith Ringgold, #19 US Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of Black Power, 1967

5th August 20205th August 2020  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Faith Ringgold’s striking painting, #19 US Postage Stamp, 1967, captures the complexities of the Black Power movement in 60s America and the white supremacist structures African Americans were subject to. But it serves as a metaphor for our times too, writes Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Black Lives Matter, Black Power Movement, BLM, Faith Ringgold, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Hyde Park, Lockdown Living, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Monuments, Postcards in Isolation, Rochelle Roberts, sculpture, The Serpentine, US Postage Stamp

Josephine Baker by Catel and Bocquet – a triumph of research and astounding detail

22nd June 202030th June 2020  Gabriela Frost

Dancer, singer, actress, activist and spy: Josephine Baker took both the stage and lectern by storm, as beautifully and boldly conceived in Catel and Bocquet’s graphic novel. But when it comes to her queer relationships they’re decidedly silent, writes our reviewer Gabriela Frost.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Biography, Bobino Theatre, Bocquet, Cabaret, Catel, Catel Muller, comic, graphic novel, Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, José-Louis Bocquet, Josephine Baker, LGBTQ+, Martin Luther King, Night, Night / Shift, Pride, Queer Relationships, SelfMadeHero, UK Black Pride
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