Mixed Media

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The Visual Cultures of Racial Integration

John Ott

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University of California Press
24 February 2026

History of Art & Design Styles; Other graphic art forms; Art Treatments & Subjects; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

Mixed Media investigates Black and white artists' efforts toward racial integration, from the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trial until Brown v. Board's 1954 desegregation of public schools. Each chapter attends to a distinctive visual ecology fostered by institutions and individuals committed to desegregation to varying degrees, including the nationwide public art initiatives of the New Deal, the imagery and cultural programs of the multiracial Popular Front, graphics produced for CIO-member labor unions, Jacob Lawrence's war paintings and other visual propaganda of the armed forces, and the struggle of New York abstract painters of African descent to navigate the criticism, museums, and markets of the mainstream art world. Together, they explore the divergent approaches to conceptualizing and implementing racial integration along the liberal-radical axis.

By: John Ott
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9780520417595
ISBN 10: 0520417593
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 24 February 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Ott is author of Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California and coauthor of Muybridge and Mobility.