Today, on Juneteenth, we commemorate the day enslaved Black Americans in Texas finally learned they were free in 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Archibald John Motley Jr.'s portrait of his grandmother Emily reminds us that behind this history were real people whose resilience and humanity endured against extraordinary odds. Swipe to uncover the story ➡️ #ArtUncovered . . . . 🖼 Archibald John Motley Jr., “Portrait of My Grandmother,” 1922, oil on canvas, 38 × 23 in., Patrons' Permanent Fund, Avalon Fund, and Motley Fund 🖼 Archibald Motley, “Self-portrait,” circa 1920, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 in., Friends of American Art Collection; through prior bequest of Marguerita S. Ritman, Art Institute of Chicago 🖼 Archibald J. Motley Jr., “Mending Socks,” 1924, oil on canvas, 43 x 40 inches, Collection of the Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Burton Emmett Collection, 58.1.2801. © Valerie Gerrard Browne #history #art #explo...