EPISODE · Jul 2, 2019 · 22 MIN
Loving with Sheryll Cashin
from PORTRAITS · host National Portrait Gallery
When author Sheryll Cashin looks at a photograph of Mildred Loving, she doesn't just see a woman who went to the Supreme Court to strike down a ban on interracial marriage. She sees a complicated person, struggling herself with questions of race and identity. Cashin puts Loving's life in historical and geographical context, and also discusses another of her favorite portraits in the Gallery. See the portraits we discussed with Sheryll at our website: https://npg.si.edu/podcasts/loving
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When author Sheryll Cashin looks at a photograph of Mildred Loving, she doesn't just see a woman who went to the Supreme Court to strike down a ban on interracial marriage. She sees a complicated person, struggling herself with questions of race and identity. Cashin puts Loving's life in historical and geographical context, and also discusses another of her favorite portraits in the Gallery. See the portraits we discussed with Sheryll at our website: https://npg.si.edu/podcasts/loving
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