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2. Mr. Fleischmann
1/12/78

exhibition programs. We are hopeful of helping young people
of African ancestry realize the fact of their great history
through the products of cultural history. Art is a fine
way of doing this and I hope that you will help us ny [by]
considering our offer of purchase of "Forest Landscape".

It isn't often that we have a donor who is willing to
provide us with funds to realize such a purchase but we have
been able to convince a number of well-meaning supporters
of our cause that black children need models to follow
in the field of culture just as they have in athletics. I
hope that you will be sympathetic to our interest and
decide in our favor.

The Museum of African Art is now about to become an
important part of the Smithsonian Institution. The works
of African artists and their American counterpart will
add measurably to our interest, respect and recognition
of another dimension of our own cultural history.

Very sincerely yours,

David G. Driskell
Director
AMISTAD II: Afro-American Art
and The Aaron Douglas Collection

DCD/c

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