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From Slavery to Capitol Hill: Robert Smalls

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Ken Dowell

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Posted in History | Tagged Beaufort, Black congressmen, Black History Month, Civil War, history, Robert Smalls, slavery, South Carolina | 7 Comments

From Slavery to Capitol Hill: George Washington Murray

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Ken Dowell

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Posted in History | Tagged Black congressmen, Black History Month, George Washington Murray, history, Reconstruction, South Carolina, voter suppression | 7 Comments

From Slavery to Capitol Hill: John Roy Lynch

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Ken Dowell

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Posted in History | Tagged Black congressman, Black History Month, Civil Rights Act of 1875, history, John Roy Lynch, Mississippi, Natchez, Resconstruction | 11 Comments

From Slavery to Capitol Hill: John Adams Hyman

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Ken Dowell

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Posted in History | Tagged Black congressmen, Black History Month, history, John Adams Hyman, North Carolina, Warrenton | 11 Comments

From Slavery to Capitol Hill: Jefferson Franklin Long

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Ken Dowell

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Posted in History | Tagged Black congressmen, Black History Month, Georgia, history, Jefferson Franklin Long, Macon, Reconstruction | 11 Comments

From Slavery to Capitol Hill: Jeremiah Haralson

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Ken Dowell

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Posted in History | Tagged Black congressmen, Black History Month, history, Jeremiah Haralson, Reconstruction | 11 Comments

Sundancing on My Couch

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Ken Dowell

Reviews from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 892, Call Jane, Dos Estaciones, La Guerra Civil, movie reviews, Sundance Film Festival, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales | 4 Comments

Big, Bright and Bold: Pop Crítico 1960’s-1980’s

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Ken Dowell

Blanton Museum of Art, Austin Texas Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged Antonio Berni, art, Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Emilio Cruz, expressive figuration, museums, painting, Political Pop, Pop Critico, University ofTexas | 4 Comments

Famous Faces

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Ken Dowell

From the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged Abe Lincoln, art, Barack Obama, Betty Friedan, Cesar Chavez, Frederick Douglass, George Washington, John Lewis, Lily tomlin, museums, National Portrait Gallery, painting, portraits, Rosalynn Carter, Russell Means, Thomas Jefferson | 5 Comments

Wildflower Sculpture Park

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Ken Dowell

South Mountain Reservation, Essex County, N.J. Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged art, Essex County, sculpture, sculpture parks, South Mountain Reservation, Wildflower Sculpture Park | 7 Comments

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