Uptown Blues

Published 02/12/2013 | By c3support

28″ x 22″

This is the artwork of African American artist Philemon Reid of Vancouver Washington

Private Collection of Deborah Foster of Portland Oregon

Posted in Paintings

BlackUSA History

William Hastie

William Hastie Frist black federal judge

Alice H. Parker

Alice H. Parker Alice H. Parker received a patent for the gas heating furnace

National Negro Medical Association

National Negro Medical Association Founded

Andrew J Beard

Andrew J Beard Andrew J Beard invented the "jerry coupler,"

James H. Meredith

James Meredith James Meredith became first Black student at University

L Douglas Wilder

L Douglas Wilder First Black Governor in the US

March On Washingtion – 1963

March On Washingtion March On Washingtion

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Montgomery Bus Boycott initiated by the action of Rosa Parks

Reuben V. Anderson

Reuben V. Anderson Appointed to Mississippi Supreme Court

Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr.

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Byrd Prillerman

Byrd Prillerman Byrd Prillerman, co-founder of Virginia State College

Louis E. Lomax

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Dr. Benjamin E. Mays

Benjamin E Mays Benjamin E Mays [highschool of compiler of most of these facts]

Mother Matelda Beasley

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Charles Deslondes

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