Charles White: A Retrospective

Hear Charles White, Harry Belafonte, Kerry James Marshall, and others reflect on White's legacy as an artist, educator and social justice advocate.
Archival interviews provided by: The Hatch-Billops collection. Courtesy of the Moving Image & Recorded Sound Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/The New York Public Library.
Oral history interview with Charles W. White, 1965 March 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional audio interviews courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Floor 3
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Charles White. Introduction: Charles White: A Retrospective. 1971
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Charles White. Spiritual. 1941
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Charles White. Untitled (Four Workers). 1940
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Charles White. Paul Robeson (Study for Contribution of the Negro to Democracy in America). 1942-43
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Charles White. Trenton Six. 1949
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Charles White. Young Farmer. 1953
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Charles White. Goodnight Irene. 1952
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Charles White. Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep. 1956
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Charles White. Mahalia. 1955
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Charles White. Bessie Smith. 1955
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Charles White. Folksinger (Voice of Jericho: Portrait of Harry Belafonte). 1957
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Charles White. General Moses (Harriet Tubman). 1965
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Charles White. Black Pope (Sandwich Board Man). 1973
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Charles White. Black Pope (Sandwich Board Man). 1973
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Charles White. Wanted Poster Series #17. 1971
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Charles White. Sound of Silence. 1978