365 Black Unsung Heroes

Known for this painting

• Walker

• Lawrence

• Bibbs

• Basquiat

Originally gained recognition for his New York graffiti art.

• Charles. Bibbs

• Jean Michel Basquiat

• Kara Walker

• Augusta Savage

Youngest to ever be awarded the MacArthur fellowship (the Genius Grant) in 1997

• Jean Michel Basquiat

• Augusta Savage

• Jacob Lawrence

• Kara Walker

Known for this Art piece

• Savage

• Lawrence

• Bibbs

• Basquiat

Founder of “Images Magazine”, the first national publication dedicated to contemporary African American art.

• Kara Walker

• Augusta Savage

• Charles Bibbs

• Jacob Lawrence

A teacher whose studio was important to the careers of a generation of artists.

• Kara Walker

• Jacob Walker

• Augusta Savage

• Jean Michel Basquiat

Invented a variable resistor used in guided missile parts.

• "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett

• Benjamin Scott

• Otis Boykin

• J. Ernest Wilkins

Fused African, African American and Native American cultural themes to make powerful cross cultural statements.

• Jacob Lawrence

• Frida Kahlo

• Charles Bibbs

• Kara Walker

Known for this painting

• Charles Bibbs

• Jacob Lawrence

• Kara Walker

• Jean Michel Basquiat

Style of art referred to as "dynamic cubism”

• Bibbs

• Savage

• Lawrence

• Basquiat