Part two of today’s study of "Go Down Death” looks at its inspiration: the poem by civil rights advocate James Weldon Johnson. It’s the story of God sending a winged angel of death to rescue Sister Caroline from a life of suffering. The whole painting is in motion: “The foam from his horse was like a comet in the sky.” Learn more at cma.org/art/2005.181 #MuseumFromHome #HomeIsWheretheArtIs #ShareBlackStories | The Cleveland Museum of Art
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In 1919 James Weldon Johnson wrote a poem that was transformed into a song that would become the "unofficial" anthem of Black Americans. It would later commemorate emancipation and the continued fight for equality. Juneteenth is not a "black holiday" but it is an American holiday. A day the nation took steps to right wrongs and atone for one of its sins. 2020 has been a very trying year for all of us. We can come out of this together or we can continue to dig our own grave. May this lift your sp
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