Generations in Black and White: Photographs from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection

List of Portraits

Portraits W. E. B. Du Bois sociologist, historian, journalist, novelist, educator, poet, and humanitarian 4 Mary McLeod Bethune educator and humanitarian 6 Harry T. Burleigh singer and composer 8 James Weldon Johnson educator, lawyer, composer, diplomat, novelist, poet, and humanitarian 10 J. Rosamond Johnson musician and composer 12 W. C. Handy musician and composer 14 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dancer and choreographer 16 William S. Braithwaite literary critic, poet, and educator 18 Rose McClendon actress and director 20 Alain Locke cultural critic, philosopher, and educator 22 Roland Hayes opera singer and educator 24 Hall Johnson choral director and composer 26 Horace Pippin painter 28 Noble Sissle actor and composer 30 Claude McKay poet, novelist, and editor 32 Nora Holt music critic and singer 34 Charles S.Johnson sociologist and educator 36 Nella Larsen nove//st, librarian, and nurse 38 Walter White humanitarian and novelist 40 Bessie Smith blues singer 42 Ada "Bricktop" Smith jazz singer and nightclub owner 44 George Schuyler editor, journalist, and novelist 46 William Grant Still musician and composer 48 Ethel Waters singer and actress 50 Paul Robeson actor, athlete, singer, and humanitarian 52 Aaron Douglas painter, muralist, and educator 54 IX Harold Jackman educator and philanthropist 56 William H. Johnson painter and graphic artist 58 Roy Wilkins journalist and humanitarian 60 John W. Work Jr. composer and educator 62 Richmond Barthe sculptor 64 Zora Neale Hurston anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist 66 Langston Hughes f>oet, fiction writer, and dramatist 68 Arna Bontemps writer, educator, and librarian 70 Marian Anderson opera singer 72 Countee Cullen poet 74 Ralph Bunche diplomat, educator, and humanitarian 76 Richard Bruce Nugent writer and illustrator 78 Josephine Baker singer, dancer, and actress 80 Roi Ottley journalist, social historian,and radio scriptwriter 82 Cab Galloway singer, bandleader, and composer 84 Canada Lee boxer, violinist, and actor 86 Richard Wright nove//st 88 Chester Himes nove//st 90 Katherine Dunham dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and educator 92 Beauford Delaney painter 94 Mahalia Jackson gospel singer 96 Henry Armstrong boxer 98 Joe Louis heavyweight boxing champion 100 Ann Retry pharmaceutical chemist, journalist, and writer 102 William Attaway novelist, composer, and scriptwriter 104 Romare Bearden painter and collagist 106 BiIlie Holiday jazz singer 108 Billy Strayhorn composer, arranger, and pianist 110 Margaret Walker poet, novelist, and educator 112 John O. Killens writer, union organizer, and educator 114 Jacob Lawrence painter and educator 116 X Lena Home singer and actress 118 Ossie Davis actor, director, and writer 120 Dizzy Gillespie trumpeter, composer, and bandleader 122 Ella Fitzgerald jazz singer, songwriter, and bandleader 124 Pearl Bailey singer, actress, and humanitarian 126 Pearl Primus dancer and choreographer 128 William Warfield opera singer 130 William Demby novelist 132 Ruby Dee actress 134 James Baldwin novelist, dramatist, and essayist 136 Bobby Short jazz singer and musician 138 Mattiwilda Dobbs opera singer and educator 140 John A. Williams novelist and educator 142 Earle Hyman actor 144 Althea Gibson tennis champion and golfer 146 Harry Belafonte singer, actor, and humanitarian 148 Leontyne Price opera singer ISO Eartha Kitt actress, singer, and dancer 152 Geoffrey Holder dancer, choreographer, costume designer, director, and actor 154 Alvin Ailey dancer and choreographer 156 James Earl Jones actor 158 Carmen de Lavallade dancer and actress 160 Arthur Mitchell dancer and choreographer 162 Imamu Amiri Baraka poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist 164 Diahann Carroll singer and actress 166 Billy Dee Williams actor 168 xi This page intentionally left blank ...