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What shall I tell my children who are Black?
1968
32 pages : portrait ; Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Margaret Burroughs
1917
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10
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- BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Margaret Burroughs was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work centered on African American history, dignity, and cultural identity. Working primarily in oil, bronze, and lithography from the 1940s onward, she created figurative compositions and public monuments that asserted Black presence in postwar American visual culture. Burroughs was also a teacher and cultural organizer who founded the Ebony Museum of the South Side in Chicago, embedding her artistic practice within community institution-building.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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- Art Institute Chicago2 published2 img
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