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Profile: William E. Smith (1913-1997)

William “Skinny” Elijah Smith was an African American artist who was recognized for exploring Black experiences in his art. Friend and poet Langston Hughes once described Smith’s work as the “humor and pathos of Negro life captured in line and color.” Continue reading Profile: William E. Smith (1913-1997)

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