Aaron Douglas

Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (American, 1891–1981), Black Belt, 1934. Oil on canvas
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Courtesy Dallas Museum of Art
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A Beacon of Hope: Aaron Douglas's "Aspiration"
Painted for the Hall of Negro Life at the Texas Centennial Exposition, Aaron Douglas's Aspiration (1936) shows a way for African Americans to forge a hopeful future.