Interviews of AfriCOBRA founders
name: label: Creator
content: Hudson Street Productions
label: Names
content: AFRICOBRA (Group of artists)
label: Names
content: TV Land (Television network)
label: Names
content: Harris, Michael D. (1948-2022)
label: Names
content: Jarrell, Jae, 1935-
label: Names
content: Jarrell, Wadsworth, 1929-
label: Names
content: Jones-Henderson, Napoleon, 1943-
label: Names
content: Jones-Hogu, Barbara
label: Names
content: Lawrence, Carolyn
label: Names
content: Mallory, Howard
label: Names
content: Sengstacke, Robert A., 1943- (Robert Abbott)
topic: label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The interviews of AfriCOBRA founders were donated to the Archives of American Art by TV Land/Hudson Street Productions, Inc. via Deva Newman, Executive Producer and Melissa Bear, Vice President, business and legal affairs, in 2010.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hudson Street Productions
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content: Interviews of AfriCOBRA founders
abstract: label: Summary
content: The interviews of AfriCOBRA founders measure 0.607 gigabytes and date from 2010. This collection includes digital transcripts and audio files of interviews with AfriCOBRA founders Michael Harris, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Carolyn Lawrence, Howard Mallory, and Robert Sengstacke.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) is an African American artist collective founded in 1968, first as COBRA (Coalition of Black Revolutionary Artists), in Chicago, Illinois. AfriCOBRA artists were associated with the Black Arts Movement and the group grew out of discussions on how their art could express a Black aesthetic. The AfriCOBRA philosophy emphasized positive revolutionary ideas and community effort.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.607 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.africobr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the interviews are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Interviews with AfriCOBRA Founders, 2010 (0.607 GB; ER01-ER09)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Rayna Andrews in 2018 with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The interviews of AfriCOBRA founders measure 0.607 gigabytes and date from 2010. This collection includes digital transcripts and audio files of interviews with AfriCOBRA founders and artists Michael Harris, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Napoleon Jones-Henderson, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Carolyn Lawrence, Howard Mallory, and Robert Sengstacke. TV Land/Hudson Street Production, Inc. conducted these interviews with AfriCOBRA founders and artists about their experiences as African American artists and about the artistic community.

In 2011, TV Land produced a documentary special AfriCOBRA: Art for the People. It is possible that these interviews are related to this project.