A Lasting Legacy

Valerie Harris

Jun 203 min read

Illustrating "The Crisis" Pt. 2

“Dear Miss Wheeler, I am returning herewith one of the pictures which you made for Jessie Fauset’s story…. “ Laura’s work as an...

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Valerie Harris

May 284 min read

Illustrating The Crisis: Pt 1

Laura Wheeler Waring was one of the first women artists to regularly contribute illustrations to The Crisis magazine.

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Valerie Harris

May 72 min read

Building Blocks for Black Heritage Preservation: The Conference, The Mission

The movement to preserve Black Heritage Sites is underway in Philadelphia! Storytelling and Biography as Cultural Preservation

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Valerie Harris

Nov 6, 20235 min read

Grandfather's Legacy

"Yours truly, for truth and right." A.N. FREEMAN If you’ve studied the history of free blacks in the 19th century north, you may have...

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