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Delilah W. Pierce’s Marriage Highlighted
In the December 19, 1936 Afro American an announcement was published highlighting the marriage of Delilah with Joseph L. Pierce. This was...
Stephen McDow
Jun 26, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce & Her Connection To The First African American Admitted To The National Press
Mr. Louis Lautier, Reporter Courtesy: Smithsonian National Museum of American History (Archives) Reporter Louis Lautier, who, according...
Stephen McDow
Jun 18, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce Helped Address Gender & Racial Inequality In Forever Free: Art By African-Amer
Delilah W. Pierce not only helped to expand black identity perceptions during her life and career as an artist, curator, educator and...
Stephen McDow
Jun 17, 20131 min read


Jessica B. Harris Mentioned Delilah W. Pierce In The Martha’s Vineyard Table
Jessica B. Harris, author of The Martha’s Vineyard Table mentioned Delilah W. Pierce while reflecting on her mother. Click to learn more...
Stephen McDow
Jun 13, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce Included In Corcoran Gallery Book
In 1983 The Gallery published a book authored by historian and current Harvard University Adjunct Professor John Beardsley; color field...
Stephen McDow
Jun 13, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce Featured In Jet For Exhibition With Georgette Seabrooke Powell
Jet Magazine always dedicated a section to activities within the African American community around the country. In 1975 their June...
Stephen McDow
Jun 13, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce Very Much Part Of Black Arts Movement: Expanding Black Identity Perceptions
Delilah W. Pierce helped expand the Black Arts Movement with her figurative and abstract paintings. Her art helped express the diversity...
Stephen McDow
Jun 11, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce Featured At Corcoran Gallery
In 1996 the New Art Examiner, a Chicago based publication that began because it wanted to provide an “unique vantage point outside the...
Stephen McDow
Jun 11, 20131 min read


Delilah W. Pierce Discusses Friend Alma Thomas in: Oxford History of Art: African American Art
Dr. Sharon F. Patton, former director at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC), set out to accomplish two...
Stephen McDow
Jun 4, 20131 min read
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