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Artists.
Poetry, Prose, Paint, & Pulse
Writers, poets, musicians, and performers whose work has shaped modern culture — from the Harlem Renaissance to jazz to Nobel-recognized fiction. Their lines and rhythms did what argument alone could not: they made the world feel Black joy, Black grief, Black interior life.
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Ann Lowe
1898–1981
Artists
Duke Ellington
1899–1974
Artists
Gail Fisher
1935–2000
Artists
Hazel Scott
1920–1981
Artists
James Baldwin
1924–1987
Artists
Josephine Baker
1906–1975
Artists
Langston Hughes
1901–1967
Artists
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971
Artists
Mahalia Jackson
1911–1972
Artists
Maya Angelou
1928–2014
Artists
Ralph Ellison
1913–1994
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1900-1980
Artists
Toni Morrison
1931–2019
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Zora Neale Hurston
1891–1960
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