Michelle Obama Images Part of U. Of Michigan Race Exhibition: DETROIT - Two contrasting images of Michelle Obama - wearing pearls and smiling, and as a rifle-toting revolutionary - are on display at the University of Michigan as part of an exhibit that considers race and visual representations.
'Reframing the Color Line: Race and the Visual Culture of the Atlantic World' includes a series of illustrations of Black people starting from the 18th century that range from highly demeaning to strongly sympathetic.
Taken together, the imagery 'reveals how racial stereotypes were perpetuated, and in many ways, continue to exist,' co-curator Dr. Martha S. Jones writes in an essay in the university's online journal Montage.
