More Than a Color: The Marginalization of African Beauty Through History
About this event
Karen Anderson will take participants on a walk through history, starting with women of color in 1760 French America who freed themselves from slavery, only to be bound by government laws, to women like Sarah Baartman, who had to choose between being a circus oddity or a slave. She will also discuss how women like Sarah Breedlove and Ann Malone changed the way women of African descent saw themselve and how these women redefined beauty.
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This presentation is sponsored by Illinois Humanities, which is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Illinois General Assembly through the Illinois Arts Council Agency, as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations.
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