Paul Cantu
Marshae ’ Marshall
1 . The Pen of Liberty This historic pen is found in the emancipation gallery of the Hampton University museum . It was used on April 16 , 1862 . This pen was used to sign the emancipation proclamation , which was the start of the process to get African Americans their freedom .
2 . The Banjo Lesson The artist that created this piece was Henry Tanner . It is found in the 19 th century gallery in the HU museum . The piece was created in 1893 and it shows an old man African American man showing a young African American boy how to play the banjo . This shows a good example of a relationship between two close people .
3 . The Bagpipe Lesson The artist of this piece is Henry Tanner it is also found in the 19 th century gallery of HU museum . It was created in 1894 and shows a young person receiving help from an elder . This shows how young people need an elder ’ s wisdom to solve issues like what Morrie did for Mitch in Tuesdays with Morrie .
Paul Cantu
1 . The Pen of Liberty
4 . From Vision to Victory The artist that made this piece was Carolyn Crump . This piece was located in the Obama Exhibit at HU museum . It was created in 2008 and shows how the vision of equal rights from people in the past wasn ’ t for nothing because now we have an African American president .
Located at the entrance Pioneers of African American Act Created in the 1880 ’ s
It had really stood out to me because it was used for Emancipation Proclamation . It has a big connection to slaves being set free it was a document that written by Abraham Lincoln .
2 . Flora Made by Henry Ossawa Tanner Located in the Pioneers of African American Act Created in 1880 ’ s
It had stood out because the piece of art had emotion it was sad and darkening . The main emotion is which I think is depression , which had made me get more into to see what the boy was sad about .
3 . Carribbean Bird Vendor By : Ellis Wilson The Renaissance & Beyond
Marshae ’ Marshall
Created 1930
It stood out because the color the man had this look on his face hold a bird . The piece just made me curious what ’ s the meaning of the bird and the man facial expression .