1. Hale Aspacio Woodruff (Harlem Renaissance)
Hale Woodruff was the only child of Augusta and George Woodruff. George, however, died shortly after Hale's birth. ... (Carlin) After graduating high school, he landed a hotel job in Indianapolis, and began his first official art schooling. ... (Carlin) In 1926, Woodruff became the first recipient of the Harmon Foundation Award presented to African Americans for distinguished achievements in the fine arts. ... He also made art more accessible to his students and to the African American community, by getting into the High Museum of Art, where blacks were never allowed (Carlin). ...
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