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
julie rowan-zoch 