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Artist sculpts lifelike figurines of Black heroes throughout American history
Acori Honzo remembers growing up in the 1980s playing with action figures resembling heroes like He-Man and Luke Skywalker. But he doesn't remember playing with any toys that looked like him."I didn't feel sad when I played with these things, but, what if, what if," he asked. "What if I had a little, say, Langston Hughes, or if I had Harriet Tubman?"Honzo, 43, decided to use his lifelong art skills to answer that question retroactively."I noticed there weren't that many African American sculptures, so I just started making them myself," he said.Now, Honzo is notable for sculpting lifelike dolls of Malcom X, Harriet Tubman, Tupac Shakur, and other black figures throughout American history."I'm thinking a...
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