RWD: Revisit - Special Edition Ida Mary Lewis

RWD: Revisit - Special Edition
Ida Mary Lewis
A special episode of RWD:Revisit featuring the recorded voice of CMU alum, librarian and activist, Ida Mary Lewis during a presentation recorded February 3, 1969, the 5th convocation in the Black culture lecture series, on the campus of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. This video introduces the life of Ida Mary Lewis and presents an edited version of her 1969 lecture comparing two American paintings, Charles Calvert and his Slave by John Hesselius (1761) and Horace Pippin’s Holy Mountain III (1945) as they relate to American perspectives on race and “the urban crisis.” Ida Mary Lewis’ talk emphasizes the importance of artists and artworks to convey and confront our realities.