Bennie Maupin (w/The DePriest Project)

Framed: 14 1/4″ x 17 1/4″

This is the artwork of African American artist Philemon Reid of Vancouver Washington

Private Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Goldman of Vancouver Washington

BlackUSA History

Charlotte Ray First black woman lawyer

Lift Every Voice and Sing National Negro Anthem

Doris 'Dorie' Miller Naval Hero

Geraldine McCullough Wins gold for Sculpture

Marguerite Johnson Poet

Rebecca Lee Crumpler First African American women to earn a medical degree.

Willie Dixon Boxer, Blues Musician

Lucius D. Amerson First black sheriff

George Washingtion Murray George Washingtion Murray

Henry A Rucker Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of internal Revenue

Patience Singleton friend of compiler

Otis Boykin An electronic scientist and inventor

Michael Croslin Holder of more than 40 patents for medical inventions

Thomas J. Martin awarded for the fire extinguisher

Thomas Andrew Dorsey Father of the gospel song