Fifty Years Later:
The Portrayal of the Negro in American Painting


Commemorating the landmark exhibition at the
Bowdoin College Museum of Art in 1964


Caption

Curator Marvin Sadik, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and Philip C. Beam, director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, at a preview of the exhibition, The Portrayal of the Negro in American Painting, on May 5th, 1964.



HISTORY


Like the exhibition The Portrayal of the Negro in American Painting, this website is a collaborative effort. Explore current research on the show.


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