Eugene Warburg was an African-American sculptor. Born enslaved from birth in New Orleans in the mid-1820s, he was legally manumitted by his father, who was also his owner, at four years old. Warburg initially apprenticed as a marble cutter and later worked as a sculptor in New Orleans in the 1840s and early 1850s. Continue reading Profile: Eugene Warburg (1825-1859)
James E. Hinton was an American filmmaker and photographer Continue reading Profile: James E. Hinton (1936-2001)
On September 2, 1957, Governor Orval Faubus announced that he would call in the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the African American students’ entry to Central High, claiming this action was for the students’ own protection. Continue reading Little Rock Nine
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for two decades, served as the first president of Senegal. Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude. Senghor was also the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party. Continue reading Profile: Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001)
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