"20th Century Sculpture in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art," Draft, circa 1983
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African American Artists, Descriptions of Artists' Work, circa 1998
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African American Folk Artists, Lecture, circa 1993
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"African American Artists and Postmodernism: Reconsidering the Careers of Wifredo Lam, Romare Bearden, and Normal Lewis and Robert Colescott", 1995
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"African American in the Visual Arts: A Compendium of Writings, Criticism and Reportage, 1950-1990," Proposal, circa 1992
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"African American Artists: The Work of Thornton Dial in Context," Drafts, circa 1990
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African Architecture and Houses, circa 1970s
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Albert Huie, Typescript, 1991
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Allan Crite, 1981
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Alma Thomas, circa 1990
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"Ana Mendieta: A Personal Reminiscence," Typescript, circa 1996
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"Appropriation and Cultural Diversity: The Dynamics of the New Exclusionism in the Art World", circa 1997
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Appropriation and the Issue of Race and Representation, 1991
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"Artists, Folk and Trained: An African American Perspective" for Passionate Visions of the American South: Self-Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present Catalog, circa 1994
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"Artists, Folk and Trained: An African American Perspective," Adaptation for American Visions Magazine, 1994
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"Art of the '60s," Lecture, circa 2006
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ArtSpeak, "Notes from Lowery Sims", 1996
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"Aspects of Performance in the work of Black American Women Artists", circa 1990
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Barbara Chase-Riboud, Brandywine Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation, 1995
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Bedstuy Show Proposal Essay, circa 1976
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Beverly Buchanan, Lecture, circa 1995
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"The 'Black Art' Issue: Shifting the Margins to the Center", circa 1992
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"Black Art: A Personal Perspective," Draft, circa 1995
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"Black Artists: Modern and Postmodern", 1977-1992
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"Black Imagery in the U.S. 1920-1980", circa 1980
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"Black Museums and the National Museum Community: Problems and Prospects," Drafts, circa 1980
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Black Photographers Annual Portfolio, 1978
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"Black Romanticism: Defining a Psychic and Sexual Self," Proposal, circa 1990
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Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body , Presentation, circa 2008
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"Braid Brouhaha," Draft for Roules Magazine, 1980
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"Bride of Christ" / Amalia Mesa-Bains, circa 1993
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Candida Alvarez, 1983
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Carmela and King Kong by Lisa Jones, Review, 1986
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"Carmen Cicero, Mr. Ghost Goes to Town", 1984
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Carnival Exhibition Catalog Essay, 1980
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"Cinque Gallery: Eleven Years Old and Still Growing", 1982
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"Clarence John Laughlin Surrealism on the Mississippi", 1985
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"Clyfford Still - The Outsider", 1979
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"Collecting and Making African American Art in Texas: Aspects of the Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection", 2017
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"Comments on Cultural Diversity" at CCNY Conference, 1986-1987
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Contemporary Sculpture, Lecture, circa 1980s
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Conversation Between Sims, Maren Hassinger, 2018
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Conversation Between Sims and Mari Ward, 2018
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"Cultural Pluralism Versus the American Canon: The Aesthetic Dialogue for the 1990s" for The Decade Show Catalog, 1989
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Cultural Policy for Multicultural America, circa 1990
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Dada and Surrealism in Latin American Art, Lecture, 1988
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David Driskell Interview Questions and Biography, circa 1995
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"The Direct Eye" at Mt. Sinai, Lecture, 1998
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"Diary of an Exhibition: How I Got from There to Here in Organizing Against the Grain", 2012
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"A Double Consciousness: African American Artists in the Museum's [MET] Collection," Lecture, 1998
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"The Dynamics of Segregation in the Art World," Lecture Draft, 1987
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"Elizabeth Catlett", 1993
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"Elizabeth Catlett: A Life in Art and Politics", 1996
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"Elizabeth Layton: Drawing on Life", 1989
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"Ethnic Notions," Lecture, 1988
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"Everything You Need to Know About Buying Art," Black Enterprise Magazine, 1981
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The Figure in Contemporary Art, circa 1995
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Folk Art and Modern Art, Lecture, circa 1992
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"Folk and Modern Art," Presentation, 1995
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"The Fourth Surrealist Manifesto: Wifredo Lam and the Salón de Mayo, Havana, 1967," Lecture, 1998
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George Aguirre: Portfolio of women Artists, 1984-1992
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Giorgio de Chirico, 1980
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"Hammonds: How You Like Me Now?," Lecture, circa 1988
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Harlem Hospital Mural Preservation, circa 1990s
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Harlem Renaissance Conference at Hofstra University, Lecture, 1984
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"Heat and Other Climatic Manifestations: The Urban Bush Women, Thought Music and Women of the Calabash", 1988-1989
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"Henry Street Settlement: Conversation with Yong Soon Min", 1991
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"'Homage to the Square' by Joseph Albers", 1981
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Horace Pippin, Lecture, 1995
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"Howardena Pindell's Memory Works: Postcards on the Edge", 1997
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Hughie Lee-Smith, 1987-1988
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Ida Applebroog's Beulahland , 1989
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"Images of Animals in Contemporary Art", circa 1994
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"Interjecting the Other into Art History: the Case of Wifredo Lam", 1994
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"'In the Tropics': Geopolitics in the Realm of Art", circa 1985
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"The Ironies of Multiculturalism and the Unfulfilled Promise of Cultural Equity", circa 1988
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Irving Penn's Photograph of Wifredo Lam and Arshile Gorky, 1997
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Jacob Lawrence, Lecture, circa 1995
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Jak Katalan, 1985
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"Janet Olivia Henry", circa 1990s
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"Jazz, Blues, Visual Arts", 1998
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Jennifer Bartlett Interview Questions, circa 1990
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"Jin Soo Kim: Primal Energy", 1997-1999
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Joan Semmel, 1984-1985
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Joan Witek, 1984
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Joaquin Torres-Garcia, 1981
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Joyce Jane Scott, circa 1988
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"Judith Cotton's Swimmers: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Painter", 1993
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"Julio Galan", 1986-1987
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"Kay Walkingstick", circa 1995
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"Lam and Picasso", circa 2005
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"Lam and Urban Centers", circa 1980s
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Landscape Painting, Essay, circa 1980s
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Landscape Painting, Lecture, circa 1997
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Larry Mohr, 1987-1998
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Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery , Installation Series Presentation, 2006
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"Made in America-Discerning the American Identity with Art," Lecture Draft, circa 1995
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"Making Modern Art 'Practical': Art and Design in the Work of Stuart Davis", 2011
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Marlon T. Riggs, Review of Tongues Untied , 1990
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Marsha Tucker, 1999
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"Mel Edwards", circa 1980s
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Melvin Edwards, Lecture, 1994
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Michael David, 1982-1988
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"Mimicry, Xenophobia, Etiquette and Other Social Manifestations: Adrian Piper's Observations from the Margins", 1988
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"The Mind's Eye: The Art of Benny Andrews, Raphael Soyer, Chin Yatsai, and Martin Wong", 1986
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Miscellaneous Writings, circa 1990
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"Misunderstood Art," Panel Talk, 1995
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"Mixed Blessings, Reflections on the New Art in a Multicultural America as Discussed by Lucy Lippard", 1991
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"Natvar Bhavsar", 1984
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"New York Dada and New World Surrealism", circa 1990
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"New York: New Venue Herb Aach, Joan Semmel and Al Loving", 1986
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"Nineteenth Century Black American Women Artists: Some Reflections", 1978
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"Noah Jemison", 1976
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Octavia Butler, circa 1978
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"Orientalism", 1983
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Patagonia, Lecture, circa 1995
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Public Art, 1980
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"Quality in Art", circa 1999
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"Questions in Power," Panel Notes, circa 1992
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"Race, Representation, and Appropriation", circa 1985
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"Race Riots, Cocktail Parties, Black Panthers, Moon Shots and Feminists: Faith Ringgold's Observations on the1960s in America", circa 1988
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Randall Schmidt, 1990
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"Re-Configuring the American Identity in Art", circa 1990s
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"Re-Orientation of 'Primitive'", 1990
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Roanoke City Juried Art Show, 1990
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"Robert Murray: On Being a Sculptor", 1979-1981
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"Roberto Matta: Surrealism in the New World," Lecture, circa 2005
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"The Role of the Museum in the Education of the Artist", circa 1985
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Romare Bearden, circa 1991
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"The Sacred Gardens and Fantastical Bestaries of Marcia Grostein", 1991
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"Saints and Other Angels: The Religious Paintings of Audrey Flack", 1986
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"Sandra Lerner: A Review", 1982
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"In Search of Wifredo", circa 1988
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"Signals from Within: Self-Imagery by Peoples of Color in the Performance Medium", circa 2000
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"Southern Discomfort: Issue of Primitivism, Regionalism, Age and Gender in the Art of Clyde Connell", circa 1988
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Spelman College Exhibition, circa 1996
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"The Structure of Narrative: Form and Content in Jacob Lawrence's Builder Paintings, 1946-1998", circa 1998
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"Stuart Davis: The Cool Papa of American Art", circa 1991
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"Subject/Subjectivity and Agency in the Art of African Americans", circa 1995
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"Surrealism and Folk Art: The Example of Frida Kahlo", 1985
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"Synthesis and Integration in the Work of Howardena Pindell 1972-1992", circa 1992
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Teacher's Orientation Conference on 20th Century Art, Lecture, 1999
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"'Thornton Dial and the Issue of African American Artists:' Remarks by Lowery Sims, New Museum of Contemporary Art, December 9, 1993", circa 1990
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Three Generations of African American Women Sculptors: A Study in Paradox Exhibition, Lecture, circa 1996
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"To Go Where No Curator Has Gone" or "Reflections on an Ever-Expanding Art World by L. Stokes Sims, Artreckie", circa 1995
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"Tom Miller's Afro-Deco", 1991
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"Transmutation of a Symbol: The Recent Work of Hannah Wilke", 1985
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"Truth, Justice and the American Way: Issues of Quality and Beauty in 20th Century Art in America", 1991
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"Vivian Browne and William T. Williams", 1988
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"Voice from the Battlefield", circa 1990
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"Volunteer Lecture: Issues in Art After 1945," Lecture, circa 1992
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"Wendy Maruyama: Early Work", circa 2010
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"What is African American About African American Art?", 1993
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"Wifredo Lam in the 1960s and 70s: The Artist as Transnational and Pan African / American", 1998
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"Wifredo Lam and the International Avant-Garde, 1923-1982", circa 2000
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"Wifredo Lam and the New York School: Filling in the Gaps", circa 1990
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"Wifredo Lam / Pablo Picasso, Post Modernist / Modernist, Primitive (?) / Primitivist", circa 1990
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"William Pope L 'Eracism' at Downtown Art Co., NYC", 1992
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"Witchcraft", circa 1977
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"Women of Color in the 1980s," Lecture, circa 1990
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"Women Sculptors in the 80s", 1987
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WPA and Comprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA), 1976
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Wyoming Experience, circa 1996
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