Black architects finally being recognized

 NPR -  Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn are some of the most recognizable names in modern American architecture. Their buildings are studied and praised for their “less is more” ethos.  Harvey Gantt, Charles McAfee and and the late Walter Livingston Jr. embraced modernism too, with one key difference. Those architects are Black. They have been overshadowed and often overlooked for years. Now, some buildings designed by Black modernists are finally being recognized. A partnership between the Getty Foundation and the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund provided $4.6 million over three years to preserve 24 modern sites across the U.S, providing long overdue recognition for the work of Black architects.