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The Black Washingtonians

THE ANACOSTIA MUSEUM ILLUSTRATED CHRONOLOGY

A history of African American life in our nation's capital, in words and pictures

From the Smithsonian Institution's renowned Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture comes this elegantly illustrated, beautifully written, fact-filled history of the African Americans who have lived, worked, struggled, prospered, suffered, and built a vibrant community in Washington, D.C.

This striking volume puts the resources of the world's finest museum of African American history at your fingertips. Its hundreds of photographs, period illustrations, and documents from the world-famous collections at the Anacostia and other Smithsonian museums take you on a fascinating journey through time from the early eighteenth century to the present.

Featuring a thoughtful foreword by Eleanor Holmes Norton and an afterword by Howard University's E. Ethelbert Miller, The Black Washingtonians introduces you to a host of African American men and women who have made the city what it is today and explores their achievements in politics, business, education, religion, sports, entertainment, and the arts.

Double Exposure is a major new series based on the remarkable photography collection held by the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The powerful images depicted in this volume include many of the photographs that helped to galvanize support from around the world for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Among them are photographs from Leonard Freed's series, "Black in White America," Ernest C. Withers' signature photograph of the Sanitation Workers' Solidarity March in Memphis, Tennessee, and Charles Moore's documentation of police brutality during the 1963 Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. Also featured are Spider Martin's shots of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965, including the iconic Two Minute Warning, James H. Wallace's visual record of a Ku Klux Klan rally in 1964, and Burk Uzzle's images following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. In addition to over 60 photographs, this volume features a foreword by Founding Director Lonnie G. Bunch III, along with essays by civil rights leader and United States Representative the late John Lewis, and activist Bryan Stevenson.;lt;/DIV>

Stick It will appeal to both artists and art lovers- in fact its the must have publication for anyone with a passion for creativity. Commissioned cutting edge illustration rubs shoulders with stunning typographical messaging, hand lettering and design. From school exercise books to laptops, from folders to making your mark in the urban jungle - the myriad of designs and formats provides unlimited opportunity to brighten up the dull corners of your life. Every child is an artist. Then they beat it out of you. Let the art collected here inspire you to reclaim your birthright. Placement is everything. Finding the right context for each sticker is about you expressing yourself in conversation with the artist and your own real life. How you spin each sticker gives it the magical personal touch. Placement is your art. Carpet Bomb your Culture. And if you don't like it - you know where you can...

LOVE HAS A NAME (CD)

As one of the most influential faith movements in the world, Jesus Culture has been capturing the heart of a community seeking after Jesus with live albums for years. Returning this August with their 10th live album, LOVE HAS A NAME is the latest expression from Sacramento based Jesus Culture. LOVE HAS A NAME includes 12 brand new songs featuring Kim Walker-Smith, Chris Quilala, Bryan & Katie Torwalt, and more.

El presente volumen esta integramente dedicado a los documentales de tema historico dirigidos por Patricio Guzman, que constituyen la mayor parte de su produccion y tratan principalmente la historia contemporanea de Chile, y a sus aspectos sociopoliticos que abarcan desde principios de los anos 70 del siglo XX -epoca de la Unidad Popular presidida por Salvador Allende- hasta los procesos de recuperacion de la memoria historica sobre ese periodo y sobre la epoca de la dictadura de Pinochet. Un grupo internacional de investigadores proporciona las claves de interpretacion que permiten formarse una vision critica sobre los documentales de tema historico de Patricio Guzman. En la introduccion se establecen las pautas generales para entender la evolucion del estilo y de las intenciones del director, y cada capitulo esta dedicado a uno o varios de los documentales en cuestion. Se insiste en la dimension pragmatica de cada obra y en su alcance social, desde el registro de 'historia viva' de la celebre trilogia La Batalla de Chile hasta la especial configuracion etico- estetica de su ultima trilogia, compuesta por Nostalgia de la luz, El boton de nacar y La cordillera de los suenos, pasando por los documentales en los que es mas directo el compromiso para dar voz a los afectados por violaciones de derechos humanos, como Chile, la memoria obstinada o El caso Pinochet. Este amplio panorama critico permitira apreciar o redescubrir los aspectos contextuales y las caracteristicas especificas mas relevantes de una de las obras cinematograficas mas premiadas de las ultimas decadas y cuya influencia ha sobrepasado el marco hispanico.

About a decade ago, Deutsche Bank initiated the Artist of the Year program. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary it is now for the first time awarding three artists at the same time: Maxwell Alexandre, Conny Maier, and Zhang Xu Zhan. What all three have in common is that they came to contemporary art via unusual paths and bring very specific life experiences and cultural influences with them. Maxwell Alexandre was born in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, where he still lives today. The paintings and installations of the artist of African descent revolve around community and violence, hip-hop and spirituality. Conny Maier lives and works in Berlin and Portugal and is one of the most important discoveries in the current German painting scene. Maier’s art reflects a world shaped by representation and materialism, in which people seem to lose control. Zhang Xu Zhan was born in 1988 into a family that has been making and trading in traditional paper figurines for over a century. His stop-motion films, staged in immersive installations, take us into the realm of nature spirits and demons. With translations of the text about the work of Maxwell Alexandre in Brazilian Portuguese, with translation of the text about the work of Conny Maier in German and with a translation of the text about the work of Zhang Xu Zhan in Chinese. Text in English, Portuguese, Chinese and German.

A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans' roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home. This stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together highlight the efforts of African Americans during World War I. As in many previous wars, black soldiers served the United States during the war, but they were assigned to segregated units and often relegated to labor and support duties rather than direct combat. Indeed this was the central paradox of the war: these men and women fought abroad to secure rights they did not yet have at home in the States. Black veterans' work during the conflict--and the respect they received from French allies but not their own US military--empowered them to return home and continue the fight for those rights. The book also presents the work of black citizens on the home front. Together their efforts laid the groundwork for later advances in the civil rights movement. We Return Fighting reminds readers not only of the central role of African American soldiers in the war that first made their country a world power. It also reveals the way the conflict shaped African American identity and lent fuel to their longstanding efforts to demand full civil rights and to stake their place in the country's cultural and political landscape.

"Midway through "Water & Power" comes a scene so perfectly written, so chilling and yet so hilarious [it] encapsulates all the anger and social criticism fueling [the play], beginning with the agonizing realization (also central to Culture Clash's smash Chavez Ravine) that the fates of the L.A. many are held in the hands of the often capricious and heartless few."-"Variety"

For "Zorro in Hell":

"The funniest show the Bay Area comedy troupe has ever written. Culture Clash uses the story [of Zorro] as a starting point for a devastatingly hilarious satire of just about everything Californians hold dear."-"Contra Costa Times"

In this trio of plays, Culture Clash rewrites California's past in the performance troupe's own irreverent comic style, interweaving pop culture with their home state's local history. In "Chavez Ravine," called "a hell-raising home run" by "Variety," they cover the land grab that uprooted an entire community and built Dodger Stadium. In "Water & Power," the topic is the assimilation of Latinos and their rise to political influence. And in "Zorro in Hell," Culture Clash re-imagines early California through the eyes of the original masked man.

Culture Clash is Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza. Founded in San Francisco's Mission District on Cinco de Mayo in 1984, they have become the most prominent Chicano/Latino performance troupe in the United States. Their work ranges from sketch comedy to full-length plays and adaptations of Greek classics, and has been produced at universities and theaters throughout the country.