African American Discrimination

Throughout history African Americans have been discriminated, and to this day are treated horrible. It has gotten better over the years so much so that they can do the same things everyone else can. This wasn’t always the case especially in the 1800’s. Even though this was the case many were able to use art to feel free. Many of them used art to spread a message of their social division. This was so people would understand their social, economic and political inequality. Many African American were seen as people who didn’t know anything. So when they started to paint white people thought they did not know how to paint. For example in the book, African American Art And Artists, by Samella Lewis I read that some artists were so good that