Angelic Stokely Carmichael Portrait

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

Angelic Stokely Carmichael Portrait

Date

2010

Creator

Reginald Cornett See all items with this value

Description

Cornett's work shows Stokely Carmichael with angelic features amidst raised hands. He was a key civil rights activist, a leader of the SNCC, and popularized the term "Black Power." He spoke at Texas Southern one month prior to the TSU Invasion, when Houston police invaded the campus, fired 5,000 rounds into dormitories, and arrested 488 students.

Primary Subject

2000- See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value

HBCU institutional history See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Black nationalism

Political organizations

Protest

Type

Painting

Medium

mixed media on plywood

Measurements

48 in x 48 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc40

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0084

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

Collection

Permanent Collection See all items with this value

References

Salter, Daren. "Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)." BlackPast. 5 August, 2018. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/carmichael-stokely-kwame-ture-1941-1998/.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)." Stanford University. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-sncc.