#frednoland

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Dorothy Counts (1942-) #RubyBridges was more famous but #DorothyCounts was first, as one of four black students to integrate schools in Charlotte NC. Just 15, Counts was subjected to jeers, stones, projectiles and spit at the direction of adults. She bore this abuse with a determined resignation that would have been difficult for the most experienced civil rights warrior. Photos of her torment inspired #JamesBaldwin to return from his self-imposed exile in France.

Artist:@frednoland

[fyblackwomenart]

Artist: @frednoland Augusta Savage (1892-1962) Harlem Renaissance sculptor, teacher and equal rights activist. She began making clay sculptures as a child despite the beatings her father, a Methodist minister, punished her with. As with many aspiring Blacks at the time, Europe offered her more opportunities than her home in the US. Sadly she received little recognition in her lifetime.

[gregoryhergert]

Frederick Noland...Fred and I have followed each other for a long time so I hope he forgives me for making him look like a badass vampire but he makes fantastic art much of which chronicles his life so please look at his art and follow him @frednoland #frednoland #comicartist #comics #drawings #urbansurrealism #illustrator #oldschool #inkdrawing #artist #gregoryhergert (at Southeast Portland, Portland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_fmaNH4a_/?igshid=e34utr7vrtjb