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Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo
The following are samples of the approximately 50 drawings currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) in Fort Greene. Tom Feelings (1933-2003) was born and raised in Bed Stuy. While the work has been shown in twenty cities across the United States, this is its first exhibition in Brooklyn.
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