Charles Wilbert White, African-American Social Realist Painter (April 2, 1918 - October 3, 1979) was an African American artist born in Chicago. He was known for his WPA era murals. White was married for a time to sculptor Elizabeth Catlett.White's best known work is The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy, a mural at Hampton University depicting a number of notable blacks including Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Peter Salem, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman,Frederick Douglass, and Marian Anderson.
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