Rhea Combs

Dir. of Curatorial Affairs, National Portrait Gallery. Frmly Curator of Photo & Film, Nat’l Museum of African American History & Culture. Opinions my own.

[love drops @lovedropx]

— James Baldwin

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

This is an incredible documentary. Highly recommend. What an individual.

[NY Public Library @nypl]

NYPL is giving away 4,000 copies of books by James Baldwin at select branches this summer and fall to celebrate his 100th birthday! Check out where you can get one to take home. Limited to one book per patron while supplies last. https://t.co/AkmqaU10A7

[Left of Black @LeftOfBlack]

The National Portrait Gallery’s New Exhibition Honors The Life And Legacy Of James Baldwin

Curated by @rhea_combs, the gallery’s Director of Curatorial Affairs, the show examines Baldwin’s legacy alongside his contemporaries

#Baldwin100
https://t.co/irLE6uSVvw

[Fannie Lou Hamer's America @FLHAmerica]

Fannie Lou Hamer and Bernice Johnson Reagon perform Freedom Songs at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 with Guy Carawan (left) and Len Chandler (right). Photo by Diana Davies.
This archival video is featured in our film, Fannie Lou Hamer's America.

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

@michele_norris Tell it!

[Criterion Collection @Criterion]

Before we share Ayo Edebiri's wonderful closet video in full, enjoy her lovely shoutout to favorite films on @criterionchannl. ❤️

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

@dreamhampton @vulture Yep, it’s beautiful to witness! What a special time this was. 🙌🏾

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

Another reminder that this artist was incredible. ✨❣️🤟🏾

[PRINCE LEGION @PRNLegion]

During the Purple Rain Tour, Prince played a free concert for deaf, hard of hearing, and special needs students from the DC area at Gallaudet University.

The first photo shows Prince saying "I love you" in American Sign Language.

📸: Gallaudet University Archives

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

@_Ash_Clark @criterionchannl @MoMAFilm 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

@lynneedenise Marking calendar! 🙌🏾

[Soledad Francis PhD @SoledadFrancis]

“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”

― Bell Hooks

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

Great read: “How Black Librarians Helped Create Generations of Black Literature” —“The American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future.” —Arturo Schomburg, 1914

https://t.co/CfFXjMmVLj

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/CfFXjMmVLj

[PBS Black Culture @PBSBlackCulture]

#OnThisDay, two legendary literature queens were born. 👑 Happy birthday Gwendolyn Brooks and Nikki Giovanni!

[Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom @FashioningSelf]

This photograph, taken in Lincoln, Nebraska by African-American photographer John Johnson between 1910 and 1925, shows the home of George W. and Fronia Butcher at 2001 U Street. The taller man is believed to be George Butcher, who worked for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Railroad shops in Havelock, Nebraska. He was born in Philadelphia in 1874, and died in Lincoln in 1958. Fronia Butcher (not pictured) lived to be 100 years old, living until 1974. The dapper man on the right remains unidentified.

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

@DrFrankRoberts Sublime

[Rhea Combs @rhea_combs]

Belated endorsement but absolutely brilliant book! Some of the most exciting and wonderfully written fiction I’ve read in a long while. Reading this was like a Balm in Gilead—a hilarious and brave reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim. ✨

[Evan @daviddunn177]

Paraphrasing from Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” book

She asked her Mom why she was holding Barack’s hand on election night

“His father left when he was 2. He lost his mother to cancer. He was moments away from becoming leader of the free world with no parents. So I took his hand”

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed. She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today. We wanted to offer some reflections on her remarkable life: https://t.co/F7T6q625PC