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Charles Alston: 12 interesting facts

Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and hypothetical who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was responsive in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American proprietor for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. Alston meant and …

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