Breaking the Binary: Representing Black Humanity in American History and Culture

Date/Time
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location
Lyman Allyn Art Museum

Categories

• Special Event

Members: $5 / Non-members: $10

The history of black representation in American culture is reduced to simplistic notions of “positive and negative” images. This binary prevents people from seeing black people as complex human beings. Most Americans view positive African Americans as “superhuman” and they view negative African Americans as extremely flawed. David Canton’s talk uses images from the Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights exhibit, to present a complex black humanity for all the world to see.

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