On June 3rd, artist Keith Ramsey was a guest on, “Let’s Get It On”, a syndicated radio show for The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (NPFA Radio). Ramsey delved in to the details of his work as a artist over the national airways in an ongoing promotion of his thought-provoking series “Diluted Loss”- A visual series depicting the racism endured by African American soldiers of WWII. The series is currently on exhibit at The Black History Museum of Virginia and Cultural Center in Richmond, Virginia through September 2010.
“This is a series that I feel really passionate about… It’s going to have legs, It’s going to travel… If our young kids and our older people aren’t learning about this from schools, libraries or TV…I want them to learn from my artwork… what they [black soldiers of WWII] had to face and still succeeded as soldiers of the United States Army”. -Keith Ramsey
Ramsey along with Tracy Baylor of Clarke Art Consulting, gave an in-depth synopsis about the exhibition and the series’ future goals to go national.
The high point of the interview was when Ramsey was greeted by a African American WWII Veteran, Mr. Reginald Arthur Beverly of the 95th Engineer Regiment. Beverly discussed his experiences as a black soldier: building the Alcan Highway in Alaska and his involvement at Normandy Beach during D-day, along with the racism and discrimination that he endured during his tours in 1943-1944.
Published by Clarke Art Consulting ©2010
