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Artists who gained from milieu at "306" include Charles Alston, Mike Bannarn, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis. See also Dissertation Abstracts International: The Humanities and Social Sciences 35 (Apr. 1975):6595A.

Author | *Donaldson, Jeff R.
Title | CONFABA (Conference on the Functional Aspects of Black Art).
Date | 1970
Comment | Evanston, IL: Northwestern University. [not seen]

Author | Donaldson, Jeff R.
Title | Africobra 1: 10 in Search of a Nation-African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists.
Date | 1971
Comment | In Africobra II. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem. n.p. Mentions the formation of OBA-C, Chicago wall, 12 artists; lists qualities to emphasize in image making.

Author | Donaldson, Jeff R.
Title | The Role We Want for Black Art.
Date | 1971
Comment | In Black Art Notes, ed. by Tom Lloyd. New York, pp. 13-15. On black aesthetic.

Author | Donaldson, Jeff R.
Title | Trans-African Art: An International Style in Contemporary Art History.
Periodical | The Black Collegian [New Orleans]
Issue | 10 (Oct./Nov. 1980):90-92
Comment | Discusses curtailment of visual art during slavery; gives brief history of African American art. P. 92 mentions Joshua Johnston, Edmonia Lewis, Henry O. Tanner, Sargent Johnson, Aaron Douglas, Archibald Motley, Hale Woodruff, Richmond Barthé, William H. Johnson, Lois Jones, James Wells, Palmer Hayden, Augusta Savage and various trends in art; discusses WPA involvement including Charles Alston, Henry Bannam, Augusta Savage, Add Bates, Gwendolyn Bennett, Romare Bearden, Robert Blackburn, Selma Burke, Ernest Chrichlow, Elton Fax, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Elba Lightfoot, Sara Murrell, Robert Pious, Georgette Seabrooke, Earle Richardson, Earl Sweeting in New York; Margaret Burroughs, Eldzier Cortor, William Carter, Frederick Jones, Frank Neal, William McBride, Gordon Parks, David Ross, Charles Sebree, and Charles White in Chicago, Hale Woodruff, Fred Flemister, Eugene Grisby, John Howard, Wilmer Jennings, Robert Neal, and Vernon Winslow in Atlanta; discusses various civil rights movements, P. 94 discusses murals; mentions Elton Fax, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Hermon Kofi Bailey, Tom Feelings, Sweeting, Skunder Boghossian, LeRoy Clarke and visits to and from Africa. Pp. 96, 98, give Rosalind Jeffries definitions of TransAfrican art terms; discusses Afrocentrism. Notes: n4, Wall of Respect artists: Billy Abernathy, Sylvia Abernathy, Sylvia Abernathy, Ed Christmas, Darryl Cowherd, Jeff Donaldson, Eliot Hunter, Wadsworth Jarell, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Carolyn Lawrence, Roy Lewis, Norman Parrish, Robert Sengstacke, Bill