The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Margaret Burroughs

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Margaret Burroughs

6/12/2000

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2000.012

Printmaker and museum director Margaret Burroughs (1917 - 2010 ) was a prominent artist who helped establish Chicago's South Side Community Arts Center and co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History. Burroughs was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/12/2000, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 01h 47m 30s

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Burroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1917-

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Artist, educator and institution-builder Margaret Burroughs was born on November 1, 1917 in Saint Rose, Louisiana. Always passionate about learning, Margaret moved north to Chicago in order to earn her Elementary Teacher's Certificate, which she received in 1937 from Chicago Normal College. She continued her education first at Chicago Teachers College, and later, at the Art Institute of Chicago, from which she earned her B.A. in Art Education in 1946 and her M.A. in 1948.Dr. Margaret Burroughs m...