Celebrating Black artists

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Horace Pippin

painter and decorated soldier
2020
Readers learn more about Pippin's life as a self-taught artist and how his art, ranging from self-portraits to landscapes to domestic scenes and touching on issues like slavery and segregation, drew the attention of museums.

Zora Neale Hurston

author and anthropologist
2020
Zora Neale Hurston began her career as an anthropologist, observing and documenting the tension of race relations in the American South.

Langston Hughes

jazz poet of the Harlem renaissance
2020
Introduce your readers to a stellar talent. There is no question that Langston Hughes was one of the brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance. A true pioneer, Hughes was one of the first poets to draw on the syncopated rhythms of jazz and black urban dialect for his work, and it proved transformative for American poetry. With a looser lyrical style reminiscent of Walt Whitman, Hughes used his art to portraying the experiences, concerns, and consolations of black men and women. As a poet, playwright, and novelist, he was impressively prolific, leaving behind a body of work truly worthy of study and celebration.

Duke Ellington

legendary composer and bandleader
2020
Celebrates the life of a musical genius, Duke Ellington. Detailing hundreds of his compositions and uncountable concert appearances.

Augusta Savage

sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance
2020
Celebrates the life of an inspired and relentless woman sculptor, Augusta Savage. Detailing her impact on African American culture during the 1920s and 1930s.

Alma Woodsey Thomas

painter and educator
2020
An exploration of the life and work of painter Alma Woodsey Thomas, covering her childhood, influence, education, and more.

Aretha Franklin

the queen of soul
Looks at the life of African-American soul and gospel singer, Aretha Franklin.
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