In 1996 the New Art Examiner, a Chicago based publication that began because it wanted to provide an “unique vantage point outside the artistic mainstream,” highlighted the Corcoran Gallery and their African American art exhibitions. According to the article, their inclusion of African American art positioned the Corcoran Gallery as, “a leading educational resource centerContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce Featured At Corcoran Gallery”
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Delilah W. Pierce & Husband Included in Library Of Congress’ The Negro In The United States
Prior to 1970 African American’s and their works were not catalogued in the Library of Congress, unless it was fiction. Dorothy B. Porter, bibliographer and curator, “who built the Moorland-Spingam Research Center at Howard University…and the first African American to graduate from Columbia University’s library school,” took on such a task. In 1970 Ms. PorterContinue reading “Delilah W. Pierce & Husband Included in Library Of Congress’ The Negro In The United States”
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