“Revelations: Art from the African American South” by Timothy Anglin Burgard - Hardcover Book handmade Joyce Scott and illustrated by

Joyce Scott and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist

and never learned to speak

and features examples from a cache of previously unknown drawings by Ramirez

Publication year: 2021

“Revelations: Art from the African American South” by Timothy Anglin Burgard - Hardcover Book handmade Joyce Scott and illustrated byThis gorgeous volume explores 62 extraordinary works by 22 contemporary African American artists, revealing a crucial chapter in the story of American art. While the self taught artists featured in this groundbreaking catalog were born in the Jim Crow period of institutionalized racism, their works embody the promise and attainment of freedom in the modern Civil Rights era and address some of the most profound and persistent issues in American