Here We Stand

Original Title

Here We Stand

Date

1998

Creator

Samella Sanders Lewis, 1924- See all items with this value

Description

Lewis’s print shows a group of people holding a Kente-style textile, inscribed with the words, “However I am perceived and deceived, however my ignorance and conceits, lay aside your fears that I will be undone, for I shall not be moved," a selection from Maya Angelou’s poem Our Grandmothers; John Biggers also created illustrations to accompany Angelou's poem. Lewis was a leading African-American artist and art historian. She and Biggers studied together at Hampton University.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Family See all items with this value

Resistance See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Black Feminism

Educators

Folklore

Memory

Racial uplift

Type

Print

Medium

ink on paper

Measurements

28 1/4 in x 35 3/4 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc233

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0142

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

References

"Dr. Samella Lewis." Samella Lewis. https://samellalewis.com/bio/.