Untitled (To Be Young, Gifted and Black)

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An acrylic painting by Jeffrey Kent. The artwork depicts the artist wearing a red, pink, green, purple, and blue hooded sweatshirt and tan colored pants. He is standing with his hands in the hoodie’s pockets and the hood over his head. The face, outlined in blue, is black and featureless under the hood except for two large blue circles for eyes. Across the portrait bold, black letters painted in reverse spell out [NO THREAT]. The background is reddish tan. The painting is in a wood frame (2025.13b).

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