• In Memoriam: John Glenn

    Dec 9, 2016 - Jan 9, 2017
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  • In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard

    Aug 5, 2016 - Feb 20, 2017
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  • One Life: Babe Ruth

    Jun 24, 2016 - May 21, 2017
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  • Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait

    Nov 18, 2016 - May 7, 2017
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Portrait of Marian Anderson by Yousuf Karsh, Photograph, 1945

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Painted portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois by Winold Reiss, circa 1925
A teacher at the University of Pennsylvania before founding the NAACP

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