Portraits and brief biographical notes on 16 African American. Left to right, and top to bottom: Composer-William Grant Still, Labor Leader-A. Philip Randolph, United States Congress Representative-Arthur Mitchell, Architect-Paul R. Williams, Baritone-Paul Robeson, Writer-Claude McKay, Soldier-Benjamin O. Davis, Contralto-Marian Anderson, Educator-Robert R. Moton, Writer-Langston Hughes, Tycoon-Charles C. Spaulding, Sociologist-W.E.B. Du Bois, Scientist-George Washington Carver, Communist-James Ford, Lawyer-Eunice [Carter] Smith, Musician-Edward K. “Duke” Ellington.
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African American poets African American politicians Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993 Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940 Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970 Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 Carter, Eunice, 1899-1970 Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980 Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952 Mitchell, Arthur Wergs, 1883-1968 McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 Ford, James W., 1893-1957 Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
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