Clint Smith, Renée Stout, and Hank Willis Thomas present on the role of history and memory in shaping American culture and identity.

This is the third talk of the three-part series "John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art: Afro-Atlantic Histories," which gathers literary and visual artists to reflect on how art responds to and shapes both official and overlooked narratives wrought by the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies.

Watch the entire video by Hank Willis Thomas titled “A Person is More Important Than Anything Else…,” commissioned by NY Live Arts for the Year of James Baldwin: https://hankwillisthomas.com/WORKS/Video/2

Find out more about the John Wilmerding Symposium and Community Celebration: Afro-Atlantic Histories on our website: https://www.nga.gov/learn/adults/john-wilmerding-symposium-community-celebration-afro-atlantic-histories.html