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During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats and Republicans to turn American ballots into powerful propaganda Jonathan W. White – Author, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House In the mid-19thcentury, election ballots were created by political parties, not the government. Local Republican and Democratic operatives designed and printedContinue reading “Back in the 19th Century, Your Election Ballot Could Double as a Work of Art”

Toyin Ojih Odutola conjures a world that might have been Amy Crawford – Contributing Writer Acclaimed for her life-size pastel and charcoal portraits, Toyin Ojih Odutola now offers up a world so rich the writer Zadie Smith has compared it to a “novel of high society written by an African Edith Wharton.” The pictures appear in The UmuEzeContinue reading “Imagining a Different History for Africa Through Art”