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Combs, Rhea

National Portrait Gallery staff

Background And Education

Awards And Honors

Publications

Selected Publications

  • Article

    • Combs, Rhea L. 2018. "American Families: Picturing the African American Family, from Frederick Douglass to Jamel Shabazz." Aperture Magazine, 233, New York. 2018
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2015. "Black Lives Matter, Then and Now." The Public Historian, 37, (3) 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2015.37.3.128. 2015
  • Book

  • Chapter

    • Combs, Rhea L. and Gardullo, Paul. 2023. "Scurlock's Washington." In Beauty Born of Struggle: The Art of Black Washington. Stewart, Jeffrey C., editor. 229–263. New Haven and London: National Gallery of Art. 2023
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "In America's Living Room." In Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection. Pope, Victoria, Schrum, Christine, and Lepore, Jill, editors. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2019
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "Marlon Riggs's 'Tongues United'." In Black Light: A Retrospective on International Black Cinema. Werner, Maxime, editor. 90-91. Paris, France: Capricci. 2019
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "Sojourner Truth: Image as Activism." In Smithsonian American Women: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection. Pope, Victoria, Schrum, Christine, and Lepore, Jill, editors. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2019
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2019. "The Power of the Image: Scurlock's Washington." In Everyday Beauty. Moresi, Michèle Gates and Coyle, Laura , editors. London, England: D. Giles Limited. In Double Exposure. 2019
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2018. "Madeline Anderson: Pioneering Filmmaker and Artist, In Her Own Words." In I am somebody: three films by Madeline Anderson. New York: Icarus Film Distribution. 2018
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2018. "Preserving a National Treasure: Hip Hop Photography." In Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop. 68–69. New York: Clarkson Potter, division of Penguin Random House. 2018
    • Combs, Rhea L. 2016. "The Moses Sisters." In Pioneers in African American Cinema. 2016
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