African-American Women Artists: An Historical Perspective
Black women artists--from the sculptor Edmonia Lewis (born 1843/5) through the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, to the Harlem Renaissance--have played a vital role in developing those forms of self-expression by which Black people in America have managed to survive centuries of racial oppression. (BJV)
Article, 1987
Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, 4, Spr 1987, 17
1987