“Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite” will be on view at Reynolda House Museum of American Art February 5-May 8, 2022.
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Kwame Brathwaite (b. 1938, Brooklyn, New York) was an early champion of the “Black is Beautiful” movement. Beginning in the late 1950s, his photography, organizing and promoting helped create momentum for the slogan which gained prominence through the 60s and 70s.
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