by Jessie L. Moore | Jul 19, 2020 | Roots of Greatness
Charles Bennett Ray (1807-1886) was a journalist, clergyman, and abolitionist who served as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. Black Past provides a helpful overview of his life. Portrait by Woodson, Carter Godwin (1875-1950) – The Negro in Our History,...
by Jessie L. Moore | Jun 27, 2020 | Roots of Greatness
General Samuel Fessenden (July 16, 1784 – 13 March 1869) was an abolitionist who served in the Massachusetts state legislature and was an elected general in the Massachusetts militia (and then the Maine militia, when Maine became a separate state). Fessenden was a...
by Jessie L. Moore | Jun 27, 2020 | Roots of Greatness
Mary Twilight (#2 in the roots of Roots of Greatness) might refer to Alexander Twilight’s (1795-1857) mother. Alexander Twilight was the first African-American college graduate in the U.S., graduating from Middlebury College in 1823. He also was the first...
by Jessie L. Moore | Jun 20, 2020 | Roots of Greatness
Andrew White (September 6, 1942 – ) is a saxophonist, composer, and publisher (under Andrew’s Musical Enterprises, Inc.). He also plays the oboe, bass, and piano. White is “considered the world’s leading authority on the music of John Coltrane and in the...
by Jessie L. Moore | Jun 20, 2020 | Roots of Greatness
I haven’t met Elon alumna Letitia Lee, but I am a huge fan of her work. Over the last few years, I’ve purchased twelve of her prints and one poster at Night of the Phoenix auctions. The poster reproduces Roots of Greatness, a painting on display in the...
