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A documentary about the life of Jackie Shane, and her eventual disappearance from the music industry. This documentary is incredibly important as it shows the impact that Jackie Shane had as Queer person during a time where it was dangerous to do so.

This was the poster for Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a documentary from 2024 about the life of Jackie Shane and why she suddenly disappeared from stardom after her rise in the 1960s. The fact that such a documentary exists demonstrates the…

This painting operates on both an aesthetic and a symbolic level. On the surface, Approaching Storm is a technical study of shifting weather, featuring Bannister’s characteristic atmospheric depth. But within the context of Black art history, the…

Photo taken at St. Philip's African Orthodox Church in Whitney Pier. Part of a larger network of churches that came to be in New York in the 1920s, originated by George Alexander McGuire from the belief that Black Episcopalians should have their own…

This article situates Bannister among the prominent Massachusetts artists who exhibited in 1876. It captures how his work circulated within regional artistic networks, leading to national fame.

This posthumous report reflects the lingering racism, with writers still questioning whether a Black artist could truly have created the work attributed to him. Its inclusion exposes how paternalistic narratives persisted even after his death,…

A photographed banner of the Nova Scotia black loyalists, dated to 1789