Mixed media the visual cultures of racial integration John Ott

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ott, John, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American art--Political aspects--History--20th century.

African American art.

African American artists--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American artists.

Art and race--History--20th century.

Art and race.

Art, American--20th century.

Art, American.

Race in art--History--20th century.

Race in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oakland University of California Press 2026

Summary:

Mixed Media investigates Black and white artists' efforts toward racial integration, from the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trial until Brown v. Board's 1954 desegregation of public schools. Each chapter attends to a distinctive visual ecology fostered by institutions and individuals committed to desegregation to varying degrees, including the nationwide public art initiatives of the New Deal, the imagery and cultural programs of the multiracial

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

1. "The Whites Do Rule": The New Deal Imagines Racial Mixing

2. "The Strongest Social Weapons": The Visual Cultures of Racial Unity on the Left

3. "Graphic Consciousness": The CIO's Visual Cultures of Interracial Solidarity

4. Battle Station MoMA: Jacob Lawrence Desegregates the Armed Forces and the Art World

5. Formal Unity: Black Abstractionists and Integration at Mid-Century

Conclusion: "Sidetracked"

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Other Format:

Print version:

Print version Ott, John Mixed Media

ISBN:

9780520417601

0520417607

OCLC:

1569673811

Publisher Number:

CIPO000326613

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license