James Amos Porter, a pioneering African American art historian and artist, was born on this date in Baltimore, Maryland. Porter was instrumental in establishing the field of African American art history. He authored Modern Negro Art (1943), the first comprehensive study of African American artists, and helped legitimize Black artists within the broader American art canon. Porter also served as a longtime professor and department head at Howard University, where he influenced generations of artists and scholars.
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