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National Gallery’s ‘Tell It With Pride’ looks at black Union soldiers

Kennicott once against wrote a superb piece seamlessly combining elements of history, pop culture, art, and politics into a column that doesn't just address one event, but contextualizes it within an intelligent setting. In this post he seeks to educate his readers about the multifaceted issues surrounding this latest show at the National Gallery featuring photographs and sculptures of the black soldiers in the Civil War. His biggest constraint is his reader's lack of knowledge the specific art pieces he's addressing and the historical context in which they were created, but through patient explanation his point is effectively made. The way he organizes his column, effortlessly flowing between presenting facts, potential reactions to those, and examples to related to this issue creates this 3-D sense of conversation, rather than lecture. He ranges between almost clinically presenting his evidence and casually adding comments on it. He employs imagery to present his readers with a mental image they too can study as his analyzes it. Once again, he penned a brilliant article that encompassed a large volume of topics and ideas but still was easily understandable.