Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-136).
Contents
Introduction / Susan F. Rossen -- Frederick Douglass chooses his moment / Colin L. Westerbeck -- Representing race : disjunctures in the work of Archibald J. Motley, Jr. / Amy M. Mooney -- A portfolio of works by African American artists continuing the dialogue : a work in progress / Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick -- Marion Perkins : a Chicago sculptor rediscovered / Daniel Schulman -- Fragmented documents : works by Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and Willie Robert Middlebrook in the Art Institute of Chicago / Cherise Smith.