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Bessye J. Bearden
Production Date: 1943. Part of: Series: Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston, ca. 1942 - ca. 1945. Scope & Content Note: Bessye J. Bearden - with biographical paragraphs.
Access Restrictions: Unrestricted. Use Restrictions: Unrestricted. Specific Records Type: cartoons (humorous images) Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-208-COM-85.
Copy 1 Copy Status: Preservation Storage Facility: National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD) Media Media Type: Artwork Index Terms Subjects Represented in the Archival Material. African Americans. Arts. World War, 1939-1945
Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977, Artist
Bessye J. Bearden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bessye J. Bearden was an American journalist and mother of artist Romare Bearden.
Bessye J. Bearden was born in North Carolina to George T. and Carrie O. Banks. She attended public schools in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
She married R. Howard Bearden and this union produced a son, Romare.
For several years she served as a New York correspondent for the Chicago Defender.
Bearden has the distinction of being one of the first black women to serve as a member of New York City's Board of Education. She was also the founder and president of the Colored Women's Democratic League.
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