African American Artist Fisk University 1970 Vincent Smith David Driskell Art

by David Smith

$304 · Offered by eBay

PAINTINGS BY VINCENT SMITH DECEMBER 6-31, 1970 THE ART GALLERY BALLENTINE HALL FISK UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE EXHIBITION INFORMATION WITH PRINTED LETTER BY DAVID DRISKELL AND BRIEF BIOGRAPHY IN BACK. FOLDED 8X10 INCHES IN OVERRALL GOOD SHAPE ew York, New York 1989[1] African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly called Afro-Americans, or, historically, Negroes or Colored (both now considered to be pejorative), are an American racial and ethnic group who, as defined by the United States census, consists of Americans who have ancestry from "any of the Black racial groups of Africa".[3] African Americans constitute the second largest racial and ethnic group in the U.S. after White Americans.[4] The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States.[5][6] According to annual estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, as of July 1, 2024, the overall Black population was estimated at 42,951,595, representing approximately 12.63% of the total U.S. population.[7] African-American history began in the 16th century, when mainly West African and Central African slave traders sold African artisans, farmers, and warriors to European slave traders, who transported them across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom through manumission or escape, and founded independent communi

• Year: 1970
• Condition: Good

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