Phoebe Beasley completed a collaboration with Dr. Maya Angelou in which she created several serigraphs from poems by Langston Hughes for a limited edition book. Dr. Angelou selected the poems and titled the masterful compilation, "Sunrise is Coming After While", and then wrote the forwards on Hughes and Beasley. Phoebe Beasley is an accomplished artist who's in many important collections including Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Maya Angelou and Samuel L. and LaTanya…

For many collectors of works by William Tolliver, there is no mistaking the "Tolliver Woman." She's elegant, regal and beautiful. She exudes strength, pride and dignity. She represents the backbone of the family, a reflection of the women Tolliver grew up with.…

The passion of a hurricane you can taste on my lips

Torrents of words that caress the gentle curve of your hips

Winds of my breath…

Petrified Trees

Alone I walk as the leaves whisper underneath soulful…

Pantomime is a friend of mine that wakes me every morn

He whispers in my ear words I don't want to hear

Tries to convince me to curse the ideas that will be born

Pantomime has a quiet resign and when I am weak appears

He twists the dagger deep into my…

At the age of ten, having further refined his drawing ability through the study of books on the human figure, William Tolliver was catching the attention and praise of all who viewed his work.  Though he never drew for profit, usually giving his drawings away to anyone who wanted them, a member of the Vicksburg First Baptist Church finally insisted that Tolliver take five dollars for a drawing he wanted for the parsonage. At which time, Tolliver had reluctantly made…

Richard Long is a celebrated author, lecturer, cultural historian, and the Atticus Haygood Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emeritus, at Emory University.

Long began his career in academia teaching English at West Virginia State College and Morgan State College. While…

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