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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Bust of explorer Matthew Henson
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| Born in Portsmouth Virginia, Inge Hardison was raised near Boston and became a sculptor and painter, especially noted for her 'hall of fame' of Black Americans. She created this portrait sculpture gallery, which she called "Negro Giants in History". They are mantle-size busts in response to the omission of Black Americans in the national Hall of Fame in Washington DC. Of her project which included depictions of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Phillis Wheatley, columnist Tony Brown wrote (showing 500 of 1218 characters). |
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