The U.S. Postal System’s ongoing series of “Forever” stamps will soon honor Black Native sculptor Edmonia Lewis. The internationally acclaimed artist was a major figure in the 19th-century European art scene, and many of her marble art pieces are now housed in museums across the globe. Eric Levenson of CNN…
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Archived: Black History Month Lessons Banned at NYC School Sparks Push for Mandatory Education
Patricia Catania, principal of Intermediate School 224 in Bronx, N.Y., told teacher Mercedes Liriano-Clark on Feb. 7 not to give lessons about the Harlem Renaissance and abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass. Catania, who is white, also incited outrage onTuesdayafter confiscating a poster of iconic singer Lena Horne made by two…