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An Afro Future In Nature

June 3, 2013May 3, 2017 RueLeave a Comment on An Afro Future In Nature

The Black Constellation — is a creative entity comprised musically of Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction, and visually by artist and […]

Art, blog, Film, Hip Hop, Nature, stories for_blog

Homecoming: Discovering Great American College Art and Architecture

December 23, 2012May 3, 2017 Morgan Powell5 Comments on Homecoming: Discovering Great American College Art and Architecture

Hello Outdoor Afros: My name is Morgan Powell and this is my fourth blog here at Outdoor Afro.  I’m the […]

Architecture, Art, blog, Conservation, Education, HBCU, History, stories, Urban Nature for_blog

Primary Class Studying Plants: Whittier School

October 13, 2012May 3, 2017 Rue2 Comments on Primary Class Studying Plants: Whittier School

Celebrate our historical connections to nature with this photo from Frances Benjamin Johnston (American, 1864–1952) 1899-1900. Platinum print, 7 1/2 x 9 9/16″ […]

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Environmentalism: Nothing New for African-Americans

September 24, 2012May 3, 2017 Morgan Powell2 Comments on Environmentalism: Nothing New for African-Americans

Submitted by Morgan Powell, a landscape designer, who edits Bronx River Sankofa on You Tube and Facebook.  He is passionate about […]

Art, blog, Conservation, Diversity, Field Report, History, Parks, Rivers, stories, Urban Nature for_blog

Upside

December 10, 2011May 3, 2017 Rue5 Comments on Upside

Created by Lauren Kelley, the animated short Upside was completed while she participated in the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Artist-in-Residence Program […]

Art, blog, Family, Picnics, Recreation, stories, swimming, Urban Nature for_blog

March Bird of the Month

March 8, 2011May 4, 2017 RueLeave a Comment on March Bird of the Month

By Douglas “Birdman” Gray, Outdoor Afro Contributor Last month’s Bird of the Month was a duck (American Black Duck), and […]

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The Rose That Grew From Concrete

February 28, 2011May 4, 2017 RueLeave a Comment on The Rose That Grew From Concrete

By Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s […]

Art, blog, Nature, stories Concrete, for_blog, Rose, Tupac

Photographer Captures African-American Connections to the Natural World

June 16, 2009May 4, 2017 Rue1 Comment on Photographer Captures African-American Connections to the Natural World

Dudley Edmondson, Outdoor Afro guest blogger, photographer, and author of Black and Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places, goes on […]

Art, blog, Environment, stories African American, African American Males, Dudley Edmondson, for_blog, Photography

African American Landscape Artists – The Highwaymen

April 21, 2009May 4, 2017 Rue7 Comments on African American Landscape Artists – The Highwaymen

Twenty-six African American landscape artists of Florida were known as “The Highwaymen”. These men (and a few women!) painted their […]

Art, blog, History, stories A.E. Bean Backus, African American, Alfred Hair, Artists, Florida, for_blog, Landscape, Painting, The Highwaymen

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