Twenty of America's most distinguished Negros: Politicians, Poets, circa 1938

Item Overview

Title

Twenty of America's most distinguished Negros: Politicians, Poets, circa 1938

Alternative title

Prominent Individuals featured in African American Periodicals

Date Created

[circa 1938]

Date

1938

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

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.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

clippings

Names

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

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American poets
African American politicians