A trailblazer history almost tried to forget. 🕊️✨
Edmonia Lewis broke barriers as the first professional Black sculptor to gain international acclaim — blending African American and Native American heritage into masterpieces that stunned the world.
Orphaned young and pushed out of schools due to discrimination, she still rose above every obstacle. Her neoclassical works, including The Death of Cleopatra, proved that talent, vision, and resilience can carve their own place in history.
Her legacy reminds us: Black artistry has always been global, brilliant, and unstoppable. 🖤✊🏽
Source: @africanarchives
