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His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met
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‘His Name Was Bélizaire’: Rare Portrait of Enslaved Child Arrives at the Met Check out this article from @nytimes . Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://t.co/O7W7yVm2i2 — Gregg Chadwick 🇺🇦 🟧 (@greggchadwick) August 14, 2023 Jeremy K. Simien, an art collector from Baton Rouge, spent years trying to find “Bélizaire” after seeing an image of it online in 2013, following its restoration, that featured all four figures. Bélizaire and the Frey Children (After and Before Restoration) Attributed to Jacques Amans (French artist Jacques Amans was a leading portraitist in New Orleans during the 1840s- 1850s) Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection, New York
Maui Strong
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PSA: If you have a vacation to Maui planned for the next couple of months, you should probably cancel. The focus has to be on recovery & we need to house thousands of displaced people. Also while we appreciate your photos of Lahaina when you were on vacation, right now...it hurts — HawaiiDelilah™ 🟦 #MauiStrong (@HawaiiDelilah) August 11, 2023
Congressman Eric Swalwell Exposes The Ridiculousness of the House GOP
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell about the Donald Trump indictment, the conduct by the House GOP, and the Democratic Party agenda. Rep Eric Swalwell actively illustrates bravery and political courage outlined in fellow Rep Joe Neguse's new book - Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America Support Congressman Swalwell: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mt83 Follow Congressman Swalwell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell And This: Ari Melber shows evidence connecting Ted Cruz and GOP senators to the coup plot. pic.twitter.com/V0EX33QMVW — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) August 2, 2023
Good Trouble in The People’s House
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by Gregg Chadwick Review of Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America by Joe Neguse Courage in The People's House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America by Joe Neguse is the latest in a line of must-read books about the history of political thought and action in the United States. Joe Neguse, the first Black American elected to the House of Representatives from Colorado, tells the stories of nine folks who stepped up and served their communities and country as elected representatives in Congress. Neguse explains that “the People's House fulfills the founders' intent as the most democratic part of our federal government. And true to form, over the decades this system has worked to open up access to more of our citizens.” Inspired by the courageous career of Representative John Lewis and filtered through Neguse’s reminiscences of John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage , Neguse’s Courage in The People's House ...