and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation; Samuel A. Marx Endowment) Beauford Delaney, “Portrait of James Baldwin” (1944), pastel on paper (© The Estate of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L.

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The Elijah Muhammad House Museum could open as early as this summer in Kenwood, its owner says.

James Ivory donated his papers to the University of Oregon, a collection that includes photos, memorabilia and notes from ...

I grew up in an American apartheid,” he said. “Every aspect of my life was dictated by race.” He not only lived through but ...