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Laura Wheeler Waring Biography Blog
Talking Legacy at NY Art Week
Valerie Harris spoke about the legacy of artist Laura Wheeler Waring at Future Fair 2025 during New York Art Week. Valerie was a guest of Less Than Half, the women artists advocacy platform founded by Hall W. Rockefeller.
Valerie Harris
May 293 min read
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"Who Deserves To Be Remembered?" Biography as Cultural History
"Who deserves to be remembered?" Historic Eden Cemetery is the final resting place of many Philadelphia notables and everyday heroes alike.
Valerie Harris
Mar 254 min read
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Black Biography as Cultural Preservation
Black biography as cultural preservation
Valerie Harris
Mar 183 min read
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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...
Valerie Harris
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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Illustrating The Crisis: Pt 1
Laura Wheeler Waring was one of the first women artists to regularly contribute illustrations to The Crisis magazine.
Valerie Harris
May 28, 20244 min read
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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
Valerie Harris
May 7, 20242 min read
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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...
Valerie Harris
Nov 6, 20235 min read
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