An Afro Future In Nature
The Black Constellation — is a creative entity comprised musically of Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction, and visually by artist and […]
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 […]
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″ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
