Joe Wesley Overstreet was an African-American painter from Mississippi who lived and worked in New York City for most of his career. In the 1950s and early 1960s he was associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement. Continue reading Profile: Joe Overstreet (1933-2019)
Henry Adams was a Louisiana leader who advocated the emigration of southern freed blacks to Liberia after emancipation. Born a slave in Newton County, Georgia on March 16, 1843, Henry Adams was originally born as Henry Houston but changed his name at the age of seven. His enslaved family was relocated to Louisiana in 1850 and lived there until 1861. Continue reading Profile: HENRY ADAMS (1843-)
The Ormes Society is an online group that promotes black women who work in the comic book industry Continue reading Profile: Ormes Society
Mary Lovelace O’Neal is an American artist and arts educator. Her work is focused on abstracted mixed-media (primarily painting and printmaking) and minimalism. She is a Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and retired from teaching in 2006. Continue reading Profile: Mary Lovelace O’Neal (1942-)
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