Profile: Harry Adams (photographer) (1918-1985)
Harry Holden Adams was an African-American photographer who worked for the California Eagle and Los Angeles Sentinel. Continue reading Profile: Harry Adams (photographer) (1918-1985)
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Profile: Charles Harris (1908-1998)
Charles “Teenie” Harris was an American photographer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harris was known for his photographs of residents and prominent visitors to Pittsburgh, including musicians and baseball players, which often appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier. His work is preserved in the permanent collection of the Carnegie Museum as a chronicle of mid-20th century life in Pittsburgh’s African American communities. Continue reading Profile: Charles Harris (1908-1998)
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or the AME Zion Church or AMEZ, is a historically African-American Christian denomination based in the United States. It was officially formed in 1821 in New York City, but operated for a number of years before then. Continue reading African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Profile: Albert W. Dent (1904-1984)
Albert Walter Dent was an academic administrator who served initially as business administrator of Flint-Goodridge Hospital and later as president of Dillard University (1941–1969), a predominately black liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana. In these roles, he was a community leader who improved education and health care for African-Americans and impoverished people in the Deep South. Continue reading Profile: Albert W. Dent (1904-1984)
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