African American Wall of Fame - Part 3

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Type of Painting

Mural

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic

Context

Part three of a three-part mural showing famous persons of African and African American heritage. This third portion includes 12 figures (numbering continues from parts 1 and 2): 26. Dr. Ralph Bunche 27. Zora Neale Hurston 28. Thurgood Marshall 29. Supreme Court Building 30. Rosa Parks 31. Langston Hughes 32. Gwendolyn Brooks 33. Paul Lawrence Dunbar 34. Marian Anderson 35. Jesse Owens 36. Paul Robeson 37. Joe Louis

Collection

Artwork Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection, Center Street Library Collection, City of Milwaukee/Milwaukee Arts Board Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1990.2

Source or Donor

Milwaukee Arts Board

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Reynaldo Hernandez

Date made

1990

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Freewheelers

Related Publications

Notes

Materials pertaining to the artist are available in the Milwaukee Black Arts Movement digital collection: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/MkeBAM/.