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Princeton Architectural

9781797228549

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A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects

The elegantly illustrated A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects shows that Black Americans have always been the bearers—not merely the recipients—of innovation.

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Review of ‘A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects’

In A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects, Robell Awake has gathered stories about Black craftspeople whose contributions to American art history have long been overlooked. An accomplished chairmaker himself (famously crafty actor Nick Offerman is among his many fans), Awake is acutely aware of the lack of information about the people and…

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