Category: Our Art OGs
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Zora Neale Hurston, Writer, Anthropologist, Folklorist, Playwright (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960)
Zora Neale Hurston — the legendary anthropologist, folklorist, playwright, traveler, and most-notable woman writer of the Harlem Renaissance — was the daughter of the mayor of Eatonville, Fla., the first Black incorporated municipality in the United States. While the early death of her mother would affect her profoundly, the resourceful Hurston would go on to
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Augusta Savage, Sculptor (February 29, 1892 – March 27, 1962)
Augusta Savage, Sculptor (February 29, 1892 – March 27, 1962) The following information and photographs are provided by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City. Augusta Savage began shaping ducks out of red clay found in the backyard of her home in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Savage’s work gained local
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