Sonya Clark

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African American Art and Artists examines the skilled craftsmen of Colonial America and the artists who used their art to further the cause of black liberation; the emergence of the professional artist and the development of the Harlem Renaissance; the unparalleled creative expressions of the 1960s and 1970s and the new voices of the 1980s and 1990s. It affirms through astute comparisons the importance of African traditions to the development of African American cultural expression in the United States. Thanks to Samella Lewis we gain deeper appreciation for the understanding of the richness and diversity that African American art adds to American civilization. —Floyd Coleman, Howard University