September 30th, 2010 - in Freelance, Illustration

Revisiting: Black History Portraits

As I prepare to start another series of Black History portraits — for a 12-month calendar this time around — I wanted to share the original series of five that led to this new project.  This being a new blog & all, I’d hate for the old ones to get lost in the shuffle… So here they are (again).  Featured are: Kenneth Clark (psychologist), Marian Anderson (singer), Paul Robeson (athlete/actor), Mary Church Terrell (writer/civil rights activist), and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kenneth Clark

Marian Anderson

Paul Robeson

Mary Church Terrell

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Edit: Here are the bulletin designs the portraits were used for.  You can get them at warnerpress.org.]

 
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