African-American artists of Los Angeles : John W. Outterbridge : oral / interviewed by Richard Cándida Smith ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.

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African-American artists of Los Angeles : John W. Outterbridge : oral / interviewed by Richard Cándida Smith ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.

Outterbridge discusses growing up in Greenville, N.C.; his decision to become a professional artist, and training at the American Academy of Art, Chicago; the African-American art community in Chicago and Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Watts riots; Watts Towers Arts Center; effects of Black nationalism on art; the African-American artist's visual aesthetic.

Transcript: 2 v. (x, 635 leaves) : port. ; 29 cm.

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