An article from the Guardian that highlights a new exhibition at the Museum of Art + Light in Manhattan, Kansas of rarely seen photographs of the American South in the 1930s.
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Black spaces of the Great Depression: scenes of African American life in the 1930s – in pictures
Depictions of rural life in the south during the Great Depression have been predominantly focused on whiteness, a fuller picture rarely seen. In a new exhibition, Crafting Sanctuaries: Black Spaces of the Great Depression South, the private homes and public gathering spaces of Black southerners...
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