Mural Study for &quot;The Contribution of the Negro Woman to American Life and Education&quot;

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Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Mural Study for "The Contribution of the Negro Woman to American Life and Education"
Date: 1952
Creator: John T. Biggers See all items with this value
Description: Biggers created this sketch while working on his mural, “The Contributions of the Negro Woman to American Life and Education,” for the Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA. This mural was the culmination of his research for his doctoral dissertation at Penn State University. It features Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth leading enslaved people to freedom and educating African Americans, respectively.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; HBCU leadership See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Civil rights See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art See all items with this value; Black Feminism See all items with this value; Educators See all items with this value; Enslaved people See all items with this value; Faculty See all items with this value; Womanism See all items with this value
Type: Painting See all items with this value
Medium: tempera on paper See all items with this value
Measurements: 27 1/4 in x 59 1/2 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc214
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0123
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value
Relation: Adair Mural Project
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Item sets: Art; HBCU Activism: Doing Battle Where We Stand; Texas Southern University Collection; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection; Civil Rights-era political artwork; Women/domestic labor; Triptych murals; Student mural studies

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