The Life and Art of William H. Johnson

Describes what it was like to be a black artist in the 1920s through the 1940s in a profile on William H. Johnson. Weaves together the social history of the time and Johnson's evolution as an artist through the use of old photographs, examples of his work, and the music of the period. Based on the book by Richard Powell and produced in conjunction with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian.

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