William Edmondson Born: Nashville, TN 1874 Died: Nashville, TN 1951 “I was just doing the Lord’s work,” “I didn’t know I was no artist until them folks come and told me I was.” William Edmonson became the first African American artist whose …
Dr. Manning Marable – Author, Educator
* Dr. Manning Marable * Born May 13, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio Died April 1, 2011, in New York City, New York Education: B.A., Earlham College, 1971; M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1976. Memberships: National Black Political Assembly; Democratic Socialists of America; Committees of Correspondence; Organization of American Historians; Association …