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Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw

Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw

Released Tuesday, 9th June 2020
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Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw

Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw

Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw

Seeing Truth with Gwendolyn Shaw

Tuesday, 9th June 2020
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After 'walking away' from slavery, abolitionist Sojourner Truth chose her own name, told her own story at speaking engagements, and sued for her young son's freedom. (She won.) The Gallery’s senior historian, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, says there’s something else she took control of— her portrait.

You can see the carte de visite we discuss here: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.79.209

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Art, biography, history and identity collide in this podcast from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Join Director Kim Sajet as she chats with artists, historians, and thought leaders about the big and small ways that portraits shape our world.

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