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ESSAY •POSTER •VIDEO CONTEST Sponsored by CHAACA CHERRY HILL AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOICATION And The Cherry Hill Public Library

CHAACA is sponsoring an Essay·Poster·Video Contest for Black History Month 2017. The contest is open to public school students in Cherry Hill in grades K through 12th. The essay, poster or video must depict an African American in the Arts born before 1960 – Performing Arts [music, dance, dramatic arts {theater and film}]; Media Arts [photography, cinematography]; Visual Arts [drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpting]. A list of names of persons born before 1960 is attached to this document. The essay, poster or video should emphasis the contributions the person made to their field; obstacles overcome to participate or excel in their field; or if they were the first African American recognized in that area. There will be three winners in each of the following six categories:

Prizes Category First Prize $75 Grades Kdg. – 1st (Poster, Video, or Essay) Second Prize $50 Grades 2nd -3rd (Poster, Video, or Essay) Third Prize $25 First Prize $100 Grades 4th – 5th (Poster, Video, or Essay) Second Prize $75 Grades 6th – 7th (Poster, Video, or Essay) Third Prize $50 First Prize $125 Grades 8th - 9th (Poster, Video, or Essay) Second Prize $100 Grades 10th -11th (Poster, Video, or Essay) Third Prize $75

th First Prize $150 Grade 12 (Poster, Video, or Essay) Second Prize $125 Third Prize $100

The Essay·Poster·Video Contest will be judged by a panel of judges selected by the CHAACA Executive Board.

Guidelines:  The Essay·Poster·Video must be the original work of the author.  Rubrics are attached. Rubrics were developed with materials from the RubiStar Web site http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php  Only technical assistance from others will be acceptable; for example, someone shooting the video, etc. The script, props, must be the original idea of the student. Another example; someone helping to cut out letters for the poster, the subject and art work must be the original idea of the student.  All entries must be clearly marked with the student’s name, School, Grade, Age, and Teacher or Guidance Counselor. Entries will be assigned random numbers prior to submission to the judges to ensure objectivity.  Submission of entries will be accepted from December 5, 2016 until Friday, January 27, 2017.  Entries may be submitted written or hard copies, on a CD, on a DVD, and on a flash drive.  Winners will be recognized at the February 28, 2017 Cherry Hill Board of Education Meeting. Entries will be publicly displayed at the Cherry Hill Public Library and posted on the website; http://www.chplnj.org/. The full packet is available on the library’s website.  A Reception is planned for Monday, March 6, 2017 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm for participants, families and the community at the Cherry Hill Public Library.

Submit entries to: Your building guidance counselor and at the Cherry Hill Public Library’s Youth Services Department Desk on the second floor of the library. Questions may be emailed to Cathleen Jenkins, [email protected] 1

POSTER RUBRIC Category Novice -1 Developing - 2 Proficient - 3 Exemplary - 4 Coverage of Details on the Details on the poster Details on the Details on the topic poster have little to relate to the topic; but poster include poster capture the do with the topic are too general or important important information incomplete information but the about the topic and audience may need increase the audience’s more information to understanding. understand fully. Use of Graphics do not All graphics relate to All graphics are All graphics are Graphics relate to the topic. the topic. related to the topic related to the topic and most make it and make it easier easier to understand. to understand. Organization The information Information is Information is Information is very appears to be organized, but titles organized with titles organized with clear disorganized. and subheadings and subheadings. titles and are missing or do subheading not help the reader understand. Layout and Much of the Most of the Most of the All information on Design information on the information on the information on the the poster is in poster is unclear or poster is in focus poster is in focus focus and can be too small. and the content is and the content easily viewed and easily viewed and easily viewed and identified from 6 ft. identified from 4 ft. identified from 6 ft. away away. away. Sources Some sources are All sources All sources All sources not accurately (information and (information and (information and documented. graphics) are graphics) are graphics) are documented, but accurately accurately documented. information is documented, but incomplete or many there are a few errors are not in the desired in the format. format. Mechanics Many grammatical, A few grammatical, Almost no No grammatical, spelling, or spelling, or grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. punctuation errors. spelling or punctuation errors. punctuation errors

ESSAY RUBRIC Category Novice -1 Developing - 2 Proficient - 3 Exemplary - 4 Coverage of Approaching a Thesis exists, but is Clear, strong thesis Cleverly worded and topic/Thesis thesis or topic, but not worded clearly or creative thesis has not narrowed specifically. the thesis or topic.

Organization There is some Paragraphs are Paragraph breaks in Unique organizing organizing scheme, defined, but not the right place, strategy, smooth but missing part or necessarily in a logical transitions exists, transitions, one idea all of the order, no transitions, there is an order to flows into the next introduction, body the presentation of or conclusion ideas Content/Sources Information relates Information evidence Thesis supported by Thesis supported by to thesis, but not relates to thesis but the information and information, ideas are directly; irrelevant, scope is too broad or ideas; information unique, interesting, unimportant detail; narrow; information sources cited show a complex information sources sources cited understanding and not cited. exploration of topic; information sources cited Style/Sentences Awkward wording Clearly worded, simple Worded clearly and Clarity coherence and in places, simple sentence structure. coherently with unity in word choice, sentence structure. Adequate or simple more complex sentence structure; Same words used choice of words; sentence structure. writing flows. Choice repeatedly; poor appropriate to age and Choice of words is of words economical imprecise word grade level distinctive, fresh, and consistent with the choice; Colloquial precise relationship among language; homonym writer, reader and the confusion; simple material word choice Mechanics More than four Up to three significant One or two No significant errors, a significant errors errors; some minor significant errors, few minor errors. many minor errors, errors some minor errors such as spelling, typos

DIGITAL-VIDEO RUBRIC Category Novice -1 Developing - 2 Proficient - 3 Exemplary - 4 Introduction Does not explain Explains only a general Explains the details Persuasively explains the project focus plan for the idea of the of the project and addresses the project details of the project

Overall Content Message is unclear, Message is vaguely Message is clearly Strong message. includes little communicated, communicated, Covers topic essential informative includes some essential includes essential completely and in and one or two facts information with few information depth, includes facts important and essential information Technical, Little or no Digital enhancements Digital Digital enhancements Digital, enhancements for accompany video, but enhancements that are planned and Enhancements interest or excessive there is little sign of are used that are purposeful; adding or Effects use of random reinforcement; some smoothly combined impact to the story line enhancements tendency toward and effectively with or focus detract from the randomness with the video video effects. Script/Dialogue Includes more than Includes no more than Includes more than No glaring grammatical Graphics 10 grammatical 5 grammatical errors, 2-4 grammatical errors, misspellings, errors, misspellings, misspellings, errors, misspellings, punctuation errors, etc. punctuation errors, punctuation errors, etc. punctuation errors, etc. etc.

Copyright There are no Citations are given, but Citations are given, Citations are given citations or some multimedia but some multimedia proper credit, original references to copy sources are not sources are identified graphics, music, photos right information identified with with references are used and cited as for photos, references original graphics, and music created by others

Performing Arts Actors, Comedians, etc.

 Ira Aldridge – 1807  Dorothy Dandridge – 1922  Ernest Hogan – 1865  Redd Foxx – 1922  Bob Cole – 1868  Muriel Smith – 1923  George Walker – 1872/1873  Ruby Dee – 1924  Bert Williams – 1874  Cicely Tyson – 1924  Bill Robinson – 1878  Roscoe Lee Brown - 1925  Abbie Mitchell – 1884  Sammy Davis, Jr. – 1925  Dooley Wilson – 1886  Charles Gordone - 1925  Clarence Muse – 1889  Harry Belafonte – 1927  Moms Mabley – 1894  Rupert Crosse – 1927  Rex Ingram – 1895  Robert Guillaume – 1927  Hattie McDaniel – 1895  Brock Peters – 1927  Amanda Randolph – 1896  Sidney Poitier – 1927  Evelyn Preer – 1896  Maya Angelou – 1928  Ethel Waters – 1896  Eartha Kitt - 1928  Jules Bledsoe – 1897  Moses Gunn – 1929  Paul Robeson – 1898  Roxie Roker – 1929 1900s  Abbey Lincoln – 1930  Adelaide Hall – 1901  Marla Gibbs – 1931  Louise Beavers – 1902  Ivan Dixon – 1931  Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry) – 1902  James Earl Jones – 1931  Mantan Moreland – 1902  Carl Gordon – 1932  James Baskett - 1904  Nichelle Nichols – 1932  Pigmeat Markham – 1904  Greg Morris – 1933  Eddie “Rochester” Anderson - 1925  Flip Wilson – 1933  Frederick O'Neal – 1905  Wilbert "Bill" Cobbs – 1934  Cab Calloway – 1907  Diahann Carroll – 1935  Louis Jordan – 1908  Louis Gossett, Jr. – 1936  Helen Martin – 1909  Bill Cosby – 1937  Scatman Crothers – 1910  Morgan Freeman – 1937  Muriel Rahn – 1911  Billy Dee Williams – 1937  Rosetta LeNoire – 1911  Sherman Hemsley – 1938  Woody Strode – 1914  Madge Sinclair – 1938  Juanita Moore – 1914  Fred Williamson – 1938  Ossie Davis – 1917  John Amos – 1939  Lena Horne – 1917  Cleavon Little – 1939  Isabel Sanford – 1917  Clarence Williams III – 1939  James Edwards – 1918  Yaphet Kotto – 1939  Nipsey Russell – 1918  Paul Winfield – 1939  Roberta Byrd Barr - 1919  Richard Pryor – 1940  LaWanda Page – 1920  John Witherspoon – 1942  Esther Rolle – 1920  Isaac Hayes – 1942

 Richard Roundtree – 1942  Tom Wright – 1952  Leslie Uggams – 1943  Clarke Peters – 1952  Georg Stanford Brown – 1943  S. Epatha Merkerson – 1952  Margaret Avery – 1944  Lynn Whitfield – 1953  Patti LaBelle – 1944  Oprah Winfrey – 1954  Diana Ross – 1944  Marsha Warfield – 1954  Ja'net Dubois – 1945  Dennis Haysbert – 1954  Charles Robinson – 1945  James Pickens, Jr. – 1954  James Avery – 1945  Tony Todd – 1954  Ernie Hudson – 1945  Denzel Washington – 1954  Danny Glover – 1946  Roger Guenveur Smith – 1955  Gregory Hines – 1946  Whoopi Goldberg – 1955  Ben Vereen – 1946  Clarence Gilyard – 1955  Demond Wilson – 1946  Clifton Powell – 1956  Glynn Turman – 1947  Keith David – 1956  Joe Morton – 1947  Arsenio Hall – 1956  Jimmie Walker – 1947  Khandi Alexander – 1957  Phylicia Rashād – 1948  Robert Townsend – 1957  Avery Brooks – 1948  Levar Burton – 1957  Samuel L. Jackson – 1948  Bernie Mac – 1957  Lynne Thigpen – 1948  Steve Harvey – 1957  Nell Carter 1948  Spike Lee – 1957  Pam Grier – 1949  Mario Van Peebles – 1957  Frankie Faison – 1949  Michael Clarke Duncan – 1957  Kene Holliday – 1949  Mykelti Williamson – 1957  Loretta Devine – 1949  Jenifer Lewis – 1957  Howard E. Rollins Jr. – 1950  Suzzanne Douglas – 1957  Dorian Harewood – 1950  Michael Jackson – 1958  Debbie Allen – 1950  Angela Bassett – 1958  Jo Marie Payton – 1950  Giancarlo Esposito – 1958  Obba Babatundé – 1951  Keenen Ivory Wayans – 1958  Alfre Woodard – 1952  Ice-T – 1958  Delroy Lindo – 1952  Terrence C. Carson – 1958  Reginald VelJohnson – 1952  Tamara Tunie – 1959  Michael Dorn – 1952  Victoria Rowell – 1959  Charlie Murphy – 1959  Courtney B. Vance – 1960  Lorraine Toussaint – 1960  Anne-Marie Johnson – 1960  Damon Wayans – 1960  Rusty Cundieff – 1960 6

Musicians, Singers, etc.  Jimi Hendrix, rock musician, guitarist

 Marian Anderson, opera singer  Billie Holiday, jazz singer  Louis Armstrong, jazz musician  John Lee Hooker, blues guitarist, singer,  Josephine Baker, singer and dancer songwriter  Count Basie, jazz musician and composer  Lena Horne, singer  Chuck Berry, rock and roll musician and  Ice T, rap artist, actor songwriter  Janet Jackson, singer, dancer, actress  Eubie Blake, pianist and composer  Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer  James Brown, soul singer  Michael Jackson, musician  Harry T. Burleigh, American baritone and  Johnnie Johnson, blues and rock pianist composer  Robert Johnson, blues singer, guitarist  Busta Rhymes, rapper  Quincy Jones, pop-soul composer, producer  Cab Calloway, jazz singer and band leader  Scott Joplin, ragtime pianist and composer  Benny Carter, jazz saxophonist and composer  B. B. King, guitarist  Betty Carter, jazz singer  Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, singe  Ray Charles, singer, pianist, and composer  Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter, composer  Chingy, rapper  Charles Mingus, jazz musician  George Clinton, musician  Thelonious Monk, jazz pianist, composer, and  Natalie Cole, singer arranger  Nat "King" Cole, musician and composer  Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, jazz composer  John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist  Aaron Neville, singer  Miles Davis, trumpet player and composer  Jessye Norman, opera singer  Sammy Davis Jr., entertainer  Charlie "Bird" Parker, jazz saxophonist  William L. Dawson, composer and conductor  Leontyne Price, opera singer  Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer and pianist  Prince, singer and producer  Bo Diddley, rock-and-roll singer, guitarist, and  Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, blues singer songwriter  Otis Redding, singer  Antoine "Fats" Domino, singer  Irene Reid, singer and actress  Thomas A. Dorsey, gospel music composer  Max Roache, jazz musician  Dr. Dre, rap singer and producer  Paul Robeson, actor and singer  Duke Ellington, jazz musician and composer  Smokey Robinson, singer and songwriter  Missy Elliott, rapper, music producer  Nina Simone, singer  Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer  Bessie Smith, blues singer  Aretha Franklin, soul singer  William Grant Still, composer  Marvin Gaye, Motown singer and songwriter  Levi Stubbs, singer  Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician and composer  Howard Swanson, composer  Berry Gordy, Jr., record company executive  Ike Turner, R&B singer  Lionel Hampton, musician, band leader  Tina Turner, R&B singer  Herbie Hancock, jazz musician  Luther Vandross, R&B singer  William Christopher Handy, songwriter and  Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer band leader  Thomas "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist and  Ben Harper, musician songwriter  Isaac Hayes, singer  Dinah Washington, blues and jazz singer  Roland Hayes, American opera singer  Muddy Waters, blues singer 7

 Junior Wells, blues singer and harmonica  Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer player  Howlin' Wolf, blues singer and composer  John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, blues  Lester Young, jazz musician singer and harmonica player  Stevie Wonder, singer, composer, produce

Media and Visual Arts

 Terry Adkins (1953–2014), artist[2]  Thomas Blackshear  Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), painter  Betty Blayton (born 1937), painter,  Jules T. Allen (born 1947), photographer printmaker[2]  Tina Allen (1949–2008), sculptor  Chakaia Booker (born 1953), sculptor[3]  Charles Alston (1907–1977), painter[3][2]  Charles Boyce (born 1949), cartoonist  Amalia Amaki (born 1959), artist  Tina Williams Brewer, fiber artist[4]  Emma Amos (born 1938), painter[3]  Michael Bramwell (born 1953),  Benny Andrews (1930–2006), painter[3][2] conceptual artist [3]  Matt Baker (1921–1959), comic book  Frederick J. Brown (1945–2012), painter artist  Manuelita Brown, sculptor  James Presley Ball (1825–1904),  Robert Brown (c. 1936–2007), cartoonist photographer  Beverly Buchanan (born 1940), painter,  Henry Bannarn (1910–1965), painter[2] sculptor[2]  Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901),  Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor[2] painter[3][2]  Calvin Burnett (1921–2007), book  Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), neo-Mannerist illustrator[2] artist[3]  Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912),  Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), painter sculptor[3][2]  Robert Butler (1943–2014), painter  Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988),  Frank Calloway (born 1915) painter[3]  C. M. Battey (1873–1927), photographer  E. Simms Campbell (1906–1971), [2]  Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painter[3][2] cartoonist  Arthello Beck (1941–2004), painter  Fred Carter (born 1938), cartoonist [2]  Arthur P. Bedou (1882–1966),  Bernie Casey (born 1939), painter photographer  Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), sculptor [3][2]  Mary A. Bell (1873–1941) and printmaker  Dawoud Bey (born 1953), photographer[3]  Nick Cave (born 1959), performance  John T. Biggers (1924–2001), muralist[3][2] artist  Gene Bilbrew (1923–1974), cartoonist  Barbara Chase-Riboud (born 1936), [2] and fetish artist sculptor  McArthur Binion (born 1946), painter  Claude Clark (1915–2001), painter and [3]  Robert Blackburn (1920–2003), printmaker printmaker[3][2]  Edward Clark (born 1926), painter

 Sonya Clark (born 1967), textile and  Russell T. Gordon (born 1936), multimedia artist printmaker[3]  Willie Cole (born 1955), painter[3]  Billy Graham (1935–1999), comic book  Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter[3] artist  Eldzier Cortor (1916–2015), artist and  Lonnie Graham, photographer and printmaker[2] installation artist  Ernest Crichlow (1914–2005), social  Todd Gray (born 1954), photographer, realist artist[2] installation and performance artist  Allan Crite (1910–2007), painter[3] [2]  Leamon Green (born 1959)  Emilio Cruz (1938–2004), painter[3]  Renee Green (born 1959), installation [3]  Michael Cummings (born 1945), textile artist artist  Mario Gully, comic book artist  Ulysses Davis (1913–1990), sculptor[3]  Tyree Guyton (born 1955)[3]  Bing Davis (born 1937), potter and  Ed Hamilton (born 1947), sculptor graphic artist[2]  David Hammons (born 1943), artist[3]  Roy DeCarava (1919–2009),  Edwin Harleston (1882–1931), painter photographer[3]  Elise Forrest Harleston (1891–1970),  Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), painter[5] photographer  Joseph Delaney (1904–1991)[3]  John Wesley Hardrick (1891–1948),  Louis Delsarte (born 1944), artist[2] painter[3] [2]  Thornton Dial (born 1928)[3]  Jerry Harris (born 1945), sculptor  Jeff Donaldson (born 1932), painter and  Lawrence Harris, painter critic  Marren Hassenger (born 1947), sculptor,  Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), painter[3][2] installation, performance[7]  Emory Douglas (born 1943), Black  Palmer Hayden (1893–1973), painter[3][2] Panther artist  Barkley Hendricks (born 1945), painter  David C. Driskell (born 1931), artist and  George Herriman (1880–1944), scholar cartoonist[3]  Robert Scott Duncanson (1821–  Alvin Hollingsworth (1928–2000), 1872), Hudson River School[3][2] illustrator, painter  Julien Hudson (1811–1844), painter,  William Edmondson (1874–1951), folk sculptor[3] [3][2] art sculptor  Richard Hunt (born 1935), sculptor[3][2] [3][2]  Mel Edwards (born 1937), sculptor  Clementine Hunter (1886/7–1988), folk  Walter Ellison (1899–1977), painter[3] artist[3][2]  Minnie Evans (1892–1987), folk artist[3] [2]  Wadsworth Jarrell (born 1929), painter,  Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), sculptor artist[3][2]  Herbert Gentry (1919–2003), painter  Joshua Johnson (c.1763–c.1824), portrait [3][2]  Wilda Gerideau-Squires (born 1946), painter and folk artist photographer  Malvin Gray Johnson (1896–1934), [2]  Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painter[3] [2] painter  Graham Goddard (born 1982),  Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), conceptual artist sculptor[3] [2]  William H. Johnson (1902–1970)[3][2]

 Ben Jones (born 1941), installation artist[3]  Howardena Pindell (born 1943), painter[3]  Calvin B. Jones (1934-2010), painter,  Jerry Pinkney (born 1939), illustrator[3] muralist  Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual  Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), artist[3] painter[3][2]  Rose Piper (born 1917)[3]  Luther Jones (born 1944), sculptor[3]  Horace Pippin (1888–1946), painter[3][2]  Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), artist[2]  P. H. Polk (1898–1984), photographer  Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter[3][2]  William Pope.L (born 1955) conceptual  Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), artist[3][2] artist  Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843–1879), artist[3][2]  Harriet Powers (1837–1910), folk artist[3]  Norman Lewis (1909–1979), painter[3][2]  Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor[3][2]  Glenn Ligon (born 1960), painter[3]  Patrick H. Reason (1816–1898)  Llanakila, artist, painter, digital illustrator,  Earle Wilton Richardson (1912–1935), and digital artist artist[2]  Edward L. Loper, Sr. (1916–2011),  Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter[3][2] painter  Haywood Rivers (1922–2001), painter  Whitfield Lovell (born 1960), artist  Arthur Rose Sr. (1921–1995),  Gwendolyn Ann Magee (1943–2011), multidisciplinary artist, quilter[11]  Sandra Rowe, painter[3]  Clarence Major (born 1936), painter  Alison Saar (born 1956), artist[3][2]  Kerry James Marshall (born 1955),  Betye Saar (born 1926), artist[3][2] [3] painter  Lezley Saar (born 1953), assemblage  Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), painter artist[3]  Valerie Maynard (born 1937), sculptor,  Charles Sallee (1923–2006), painter[3] printmaker, painter  Raymond Saunders, painter[2]  Ealy Mays (born 1959), painter  Augusta Savage (1892–1962), sculptor[3][2]  Howard McCalebb (born 1947), artist  John T. Scott (1940–2007), artist  Corky McCoy, illustrator  Joyce J. Scott (born 1948), sculptor[3]  Oscar Michaeux  Lorenzo Scott (born 1934), painter  Dean Mitchell (born 1957), painter  William Edouard Scott (1884–1964),  Scipio Moorhead (active 1770s), painter[2] painter[3][2]  Archibald Motley (1891–1981), painter[3][2]  Charles Sebree (1914–1985), painter[3][2]  Gus Nall, painter  Thomas Sills (1914–2000), painter  Harold Newton (1934–1994), artist  Gary Simmons (born 1964), artist  Lorraine O'Grady (born 1934),  Lorna Simpson (born 1960), artist[3] conceptual artist  Merton Simpson (1928–2013), painter  Turtel Onli (born 1952), cartoonist  William Simpson (1818–1872), portrait  Jackie Ormes (1911–1985), cartoonist painter[2]  John Outterbridge (born 1933),  Moneta Sleet, Jr. [3][2] assemblage artist  Leslie Smith III (born 1985), painter [2]  Joe Overstreet (born 1933), artist  Gilda Snowden (1954–2014)[3]  Raymond Steth (1916–1997)[3]  Gordon Parks (1912–2006),  Renee Stout (born 1958), artist[3] photographer, director[3][2]  Earle M. Pilgrim (1923–1976), artist 10

 Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937),  Pheoris West artist[3][2]  Charles Wilbert White (1918–1979),  Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915– muralist[3][2] 2010)[3][2]  Jack Whitten (born 1939), painter  Alma Thomas (1891–1978), painter[3] [2]  Joseph Wilcots  Bob Thompson (1937–1966), painter[3][2]  Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), painter  Mildred Thompson (1935–2003), abstract  Spencer Williams painter, printmaker and sculptor  William T. Williams (born 1942), painter[2]  Dox Thrash (1892–1962), printmaker,  Deborah Willis (born 1948), sculptor[3] [2] photographer [3][2]  Bill Traylor (1856–1949)  Ellis Wilson (1899–1977), painter[3][2]  Henry Taylor (born 1958) painter  Fred Wilson (born 1954), conceptual  Morrie Turner (1923–2014), cartoonist artist  James Van Der Zee (1886–1983),  John Wilson (born 1922), sculptor[3][2] [3] [2] photographer  Beulah Woodard (1895–1955), sculptor  William Walker (1927–2011), Chicago  Hale Woodruff (1900–1980), painter[3][2] muralist  Richard Yarde (1939–2011), watercolorist  Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948),  Joseph Yoakum (1890–1972), self-taught [3][2] painter landscape artist  James W. Washington, Jr. (1908–2000),  Purvis Young (1943–2010), artist [2] painter and sculptor  Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer[3]