- Distinguished university professor and art collector.
- His mentor was painter Howard Porter,.
- Wrote several books on African American art.
- Has three older sisters.
- Taught art at Talladega College in Alabama after graduating from Howard University.
- Art professor of the University of Maryland from 1977 to 1998. The university's Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, founded in 2001, was named in his honor.
- His work "Behold Thy Son" is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Graduated from Howard University in 1955.
- Artistic adviser tor Bill & Camille Cosby recommending hundreds of pieces by black artists for their private collection.
- Father was a blacksmith who also made furniture and served as pastor of two Baptist churches.
- Grew up in the Appalachian community of Hollis, N.C., in a stone house that was accessible only by a dirt road.
- As an artist best known for a 1956 painting, "Behold Thy Son," a graphic representation of the mutilated corpse of Emmett Till.
- In 1976, he curated "Two Centuries of Black American Art" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art - an exhibition of more than 200 works by 63 artists,.
- Received a Master's Degree in Fine Arts at Catholic University in 1962.
- After receiving his Master's from Catholic Univeristy he taught at Howard University and then at Fisk University in Tennessee from 1966 to 1977.
- Has two daughters, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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