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Paint & Pitchfork: Illustrating Blackness | The New Yorker Documentary

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Must Watch - Paint & Pitchfork: Illustrating Blackness | The New Yorker Documentary In a documentary by Christine Turner, the painters behind the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama share their thoughts on the portrayal of Black bodies on canvas. Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa in the New Yorker describes the genesis of the film: "When the filmmaker Christine Turner got a call from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ( lacma ) asking whether she’d be willing to make a film about the painters Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, she didn’t hesitate to say yes. She’d followed the work of both artists for several years, once even going to see Sherald’s work in New York while nine months pregnant. And she knew that the only way to showcase Wiley and Sherald in all their glory, she told me, was to “give them the same reverence, dignity, and respect” that they grant their own sitters. The final product, “Paint & Pitchfork,” explores the unfinished legacies of two Black cultural...

07/21/22 Select Committee Hearing

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On January 6, where was the Secret Service when pipe bomb was found near Vice President-elect? — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 22, 2022 Elaine Luria is a 20-year Navy veteran who knows what it means to honor an oath. She's also in a TOSS-UP district ( #VA02 ) and is very worthy of your support in this midterm cycle. Please follow and support this patriot: @ElaineLuriaVA . #Jan6Justice — Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) July 22, 2022 “President Trump did not fail to act [on Jan. 6]….He chose not to act.” That’s it. #Jan6Hearings pic.twitter.com/RfS75rg7b7 — David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 22, 2022 Kinzinger draws a direct link between Trump's refusal to call off the mob and his desire to sabotage the electoral count in service of the coup. "The mob was accomplishing President Trump's purpose, so of course he didn't intervene." The mob became Trump's weapon in the coup. — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 22, 2022...

Congrats Steph!

Congrats Steph! https://t.co/Ih1beq2aGl — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) July 21, 2022

Independence Day (Live - Paris, 07/04/12)

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LBJ signed monumental Civil Rights Act, today 1964

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LBJ signed monumental Civil Rights Act, today 1964: pic.twitter.com/rp2i4eEN41 — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 2, 2022 Gregg Chadwick UCLA School of Nursing Dean Hassenplug Meets President Johnson, 1964 36”x36” oil on linen 2019 UCLA School of Nursing Collection  

"Something In The Night" - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 7/5/2012

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From the City of Lights - Paris  Gregg Chadwick Pigalle - City of Lights 48"x36"oil on linen 2015 Kavich Reynolds Productions Collection, Los Angeles, California