Duncanson’s skill established him not only in this county, but in England and throughout Europe as America’s first internationally renowned African American artist.
Robert S. Duncanson: Only Paint on His Mind
The children are always ours
“The empire never intended that this testimony should be heard, but, if I hold my peace, the very stones will cry out… neither the citizen-subject within the gates nor the indescribable hordes outside it believe in the morality or the reality of the kingdom anymore — when no one, any longer, anywhere, aspires to the empire’s standards.”
Magpies Mix Tape: Let Your Light Shine Bright
“Do good, let your light shine bright, let your light shine right, respect your fellow man as you should.” A MixTape on letting your light shine bright and your song be strong and loud.
Letter From the Editor, September 2025. Light is Sufficient to Itself.
September mood.
Breakers
“In subsequent weeks, I might take time to look at it and see what I’ve done. Or in this case, listen to the waves.”
American Mythologies: You Get What you Get and You Don’t Get Upset
We are the upsetters.
Black on Black: Louis Draper Made His Subjects Visible
“For Louis Draper, who grew up in segregated Richmond, Virginia, in the 1930s and ’40s, navigating expectations about photography’s realism posed a unique challenge.”
Dark Days
Hello, fellow Magpies. It’s been a very dark week in America, and I would like to apologize to really everyone everywhere. I’ve got nothing. I really feel like I’ve got nothing. However […]
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