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How art shapes conversation

Powerful art makes people talk. These TED Talks bring context and nuanced perspectives to subjects surrounding history, race, socioeconomics and more.

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Dread Scott

How art can shape America's conversation about freedom

Camille A. Brown

A visual history of social dance in 25 moves

Deb Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

A mother and son united by love and art

Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history?

LaToya Ruby Frazier

A visual history of inequality in industrial America

Sanford Biggers

An artist's unflinching look at racial violence

Angélica Dass

The beauty of human skin in every color

Paul Rucker

The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power

Laura Boushnak

For these women, reading is a daring act

Theaster Gates

How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art

eL Seed

A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings