Aaron Douglas
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Aaron Douglas (1899 - 1979)

Aaron Douglas
Born in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 18 Jun 1926 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 79 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Aaron Douglas, a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance, was an American painter, muralist and educator. He was the founder and chairman of the art department at Fisk University. [1]

Aaron Douglas was born in 1899, son of Aaron Douglas, a baker.

In 1926, he married Alta Sawyer.[2]

He died in 1979.[3]

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Douglas_(artist)
  2. "New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937"
    Ancestry Record 9105 #3199401 (accessed 22 November 2021)
    Aaron Douglas marriage to Alta M Sawyer on 18 Jun 1926 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89391365/obituary-for-aaron-douglas-aged-79/
  • "Kansas State Census, 1905", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZG-RMNW : 23 September 2019), Aaron Douglass Jr, 1905.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZF-DYN : accessed 22 November 2021), Aaron Douglas in household of Lizzie Douglas, Topeka Ward 1, Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 144, sheet 3A, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 457; FHL microfilm 1,374,470.




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