Still I Rise Wall Art

This collage series incorporates archival facsimiles of photographs compiled by W.E.B. Du Bois. The series, called THE AMERICAN NEGRO is a collection of photos of affluent young African Americans that was exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Du Bois' goal was to fight the stereotypical notion that the Negro was of a singular type. In other words, he was showing that Black folks have risen from slavery and are achieving economically, socially, and culturally. In addition to the vintage photographs, the artist embeds phrases and text from Maya Angelou's 1978 poem, STILL I RISE.

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