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