'Soul Stirring: African American Self-Taught Artists From The South' At CAAM

Powerful African-American Art Exhibit Arrives At Perfect Time
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 8: People visit an exibition of African American film posters at the California African American Museum August 8, 2003 in Los Angeles. The posters which portray African American actors, directors and film crews was organized by the Smithsonian in conjuction with the Acadamy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 8: People visit an exibition of African American film posters at the California African American Museum August 8, 2003 in Los Angeles. The posters which portray African American actors, directors and film crews was organized by the Smithsonian in conjuction with the Acadamy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)

The exhibition “Soul Stirring: African American Self-Taught Artists From the South” arrives at a troubling moment.

From North Carolina to Texas, the resurgence of a new era of race-related social and political restrictions is being decried as a new Jim Crow. It coincides with a controversial recent Supreme Court ruling that negates a powerful core of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. And our on-going gilded age perpetuates and amplifies privilege.

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