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CreditsErica, one of the teens from The Salon camera crew, gets her hair braided by renowned artist and film subject Crowezilla. Photo by Theodus Green, courtesy of ARTLAB.
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CreditsMarian Anderson / William Henry Johnson /c. 1945, Oil on paperboard /Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of the Harmon Foundation
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