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Romare Bearden's Distant Homeland

Record #:
43326
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Abstract:
"New book reexamines the artist's life and work and their ties to the city he left."Charlotte born Romare Bearden's family fled north in 1915 after a panic started in Charlotte in which white citizens believed his father Howard had tried to kidnap white children." Glenda Gilmore is author of "Romare Bearden: In The Homeland Of His Imagination".
Source:
Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 27 Issue 5, May 2022, p15-17