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Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

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Biographical portraits of African Americans involved in the struggle for civil rights and equality, from the time of Frederick Douglass forward. Learn about the contributions of Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth, Edward Bannister, Octavius Catto, James Baldwin, Stokley Carmichael, and others whose actions led to to the eventual expansion of freedoms in America.

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civil rights, portraiture, african american history

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black history, civil rights activists, famous portraits, portraits, african american portraits, national portrait gallery, smithsonian, smithsonian institute, struggle for equality in america

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Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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