Updated post: The following portraits were a daily exercise to help keep my work loose. The side effect has been unexpected and wonderful! I learned so much about each of these remarkable Americans as I searched for quotes, which have been added to each post on Instagram @jrzoch.
Langston Hughes Maya Angelou James Baldwin Ella Baker Chester Arthur Burnett Nina Simone W.E.B. DuBois Ethel Waters Bayard Rustin Flo Kennedy AMIRI Baraka Leontyne Price Wynton Marsalis Pearl Primus Gregory Hines Edna Lewis Rebecca Lee Crumpler* James Forten Frances E.W. Harper Mary McCleod Bethune Frederick Douglass Mamie Phipps Clark Rayford Logan Paul Robeson Hubert Harrison Ralph Ellison Lois Marilou Jones Septima Poinsette Clark