{"id":305,"date":"2019-12-05T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/cfam\/?p=305"},"modified":"2024-05-22T19:28:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:28:47","slug":"the-major-scale-african-american-art-in-the-20th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/rma\/2019\/12\/05\/the-major-scale-african-american-art-in-the-20th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The Major Scale: African American Art in the 20th Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Major Scale: 20th Century African-American Art by Cornell Fine Arts Museum\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F938170777&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"listenDetails__partialInfo\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo m-collapsed\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__content\">\n<div class=\"sc-type-small\">\n<div>\n<p>A special three-part presentation of The Major Scale with Rollins Museum of Art\u2019s exhibit, <em>African American Art in the 20th Century<\/em>, on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 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