Black Academy of Arts and Letters files 1970-1972

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Black Academy of Arts and Letters files 1970-1972

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Born in Portsmouth, VA in 1904, Ruth Inge Hardison is a sculptor, photographer, actress and poet known for her series of cast iron busts of "Negro Giants in History," begun in 1963, and her sculptures of ordinary people, "Our Folks," launched in 1984. Hardison was a founding member of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, an African-American cultural organization founded in 1969 for the preservation and promotion of Black culture. The Inge Hardison small collection of Black Academy of Arts and Letters (BAAL) documents consists of letters to Hardison discussing organizational matters, her notes from committee meetings, copies of the BAAL Newsletter and printed matter relating to the Academy and the Newsletter.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Black Academy of Arts and Letters (Dallas, Tex.)

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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters was established to “define, preserve, promote, cultivate, foster and develop the arts and letters of black people,” as stated by Dr. C. Eric Lincoln in his founding address. Notable contributions by blacks to black America were to be recognized by the Academy members who, themselves, represented some of the finest achievements in arts and letters. The Black Academy was founded March 29, 1969 in Boston, and was incorporated on June 12...

Hardison, Ruth Inge, 1904-2016

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Ruth Inge Hardison (February 3, 1914 – March 23, 2016) was an American sculptor, artist, and photographer, known particularly for her 1960s busts (or sculpted portraits) entitled "Negro Giants in History". Her 1983 collection called "Our Folks", which features sculpted portraits of everyday people, is also of note. Hardison's artistic productions largely surround historical black portraiture, and she is especially interested in creatively representing the unspoken voices of the African American ...