This portfolio of 83 photographs constitutes a celebration of African American achievement in the 20th century. Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), a long-time patron of black writers and artists, took these photographs over the course of three decades - primarily as gifts to his subjects, including: W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, Billie Holliday, Joe Louis, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Ruby Dee, Lena Horne and James Earl Jones.
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This portfolio of 83 photographs constitutes a celebration of African American achievement in the 20th century. Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), a long-time patron of black writers and artists, took these photographs over the course of three decades - primarily as gifts to his subjects, including: W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, Billie Holliday, Joe Louis, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Ruby Dee, Lena Horne and James Earl Jones.
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