On February 3, 1948, Laura Wheeler Waring, a prominent African American portrait painter and illustrator, passed away. Known for her elegant and dignified portrayals of Black Americans, her work was featured in the Crisis magazine and exhibited at the Smithsonian. Waring was a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance and helped shape the visual representation of African American identity.
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