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- 1 2 3 4 Art, Department of, "Program Booklet: 12th Annual James Porter Colloquium" (2001). 12th Annual James Porter Colloquium. 1. https://dh.howard.edu/portercolloquium_12/1 Note: see introductory paragraph, “ In 1998, the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture joined the Howard University Art Department in sponsoring the 9th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium and has subsequently served as a co-sponsor.”
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- ↑ Event flyer: Howard University College of Fine Arts Announces its Annual Spring Festival March 29 - April 5. On the Spring Festival flyer, "March 31," is the dated listed for the inaugural Porter Colloquium. Moorland Spingarn Research Center. Howard University. 1990.
- ↑ Brochure: Howard University, College of Fine Arts, Department of Art. The Inaugural James A. Porter Symposium in African Art. Saturday, March 31, 1990. 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. College of Fine Arts, Department of Art. Lulu Vere Childers Hall. Room 3001. Howard University.