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Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in US
President Abraham Lincoln puts into effect the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in the United States of America. -
Free
Modeled in 1876 by Emma Marie Cadwalader-Guild, "Free" attempts to express the bondages of slavery and the horrible tragedies that come along with it. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act
New Deal program intended to help farmers by increasing the prices of staple crops through restricting the amount of product on the market. Farmers who reduced their output received subsidies. For many, this meant “plowing under” their harvest in order to receive A.A.A. monies and avoid tax penalties. -
Ploughing It Under
Thomas Hart Benton's political background and interest in Rural America influnced this painting that serves as a political statement about the often selective rewards of New Deal government policies. -
Civilk Rights Movement begins
After the Supreme Court declared the "Separate but Equal" doctrine, African Americans began to organize and form civil rights groups and advocated for equality more than before. -
Black Unity
Elizabath Catlet sculpted this piece of art in 1968 during the civil rights movement as a symbol of unity within the African American community.
