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The death 1 of Samella Lewis—artist, curator, institution builder, and scholar—on May 27, 2022, at age ninety-nine, ended a major chapter in the field of African American art. February 27 marks her one hundredth birthday. 


This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good 2 and was authored by Paul Von Blum.

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[1]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/arts/samella-lewis-dead.html