Papers. 1902-84 and n.d.

Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989

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Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989) was an American lawyer, jurist, civil rights advocate, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, serving from 1978 to 1986. Born and raised in New Orleans, Morial graduated from the racially segregated McDonogh 35 Senior High School and Xavier University of Louisiana, where he received a degree in business administration in 1951. He became the first Afr...

Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998

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Teacher, writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122526993 ...

Driskell, David C.

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David C. Driskell (1931-) is a painter and curator in Washington, D.C. Cynthia Mills (1947- ) is an art historian in Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with David Driskell, 2009 Mar.18-Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744437427 ...

Lewis, Samella S.

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Samella S. Lewis (1924- ), African American artist, author, and educator. She received her B.A. at Hampton University and her M.A. and PhD in fine arts and art history at Ohio State University. She has taught at Florida A&M University, State University of New York, and Scripps College. Lewis is the founder of the International Review of African American Art and the Museum of African American Arts. From the description of Samella S. Lewis papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660...

Britton, Crystal

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Cook, Celestine.

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Harding, Vincent.

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Vincent Harding was born in New York City in 1931 and grew up in Harlem and the Bronx. He attended New York City public schools and graduated in History from the City College of New York in 1952. He earned an MS degree in journalism at Columbia University in 1953. Harding married Rosemarie Freeney in 1960, and they spent four years as workers in the freedom movement, assisting the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Congress of Racial Equality ...

Johnson, Clifton H. (Clifton Herman), 1921-2008

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Sanders, Mildred Elizabeth.

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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...

Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012

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Elizabeth Catlett (b. Apr. 15, 1915, Washington, DC–d. Apr. 2, 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico) was the granddaughter of freed slaves and a graduate of Howard University. She studied with artist Lois Mailou Jones and philosopher Alain Locke at Howard and also came to know artists James Herring, James Wells, and art historian James A. Porter. Catlett was a graduate student at the University of Iowa and studied drawing and painting with Grant Wood and sculpture with Harry Edward Stinson. Catlett graduat...

Thigpen, Joyce.

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