Rachel Hooper
Historian of American Art and Museums
I am a scholar of the visual politics of the U.S. Civil War era (c.1840-1876) with a special focus on art exhibitions that attempted to intervene in the politics of race, abolition, and imperialism. My research on Black-owned art collections has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Antiquarian Society, Library Company of Philadelphia, and Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Rachel Hooper 