Margaret Taylor-Burroughs

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Margaret Taylor-Burroughs was an influential African American artist, educator, and civil rights activist best known for co-founding Chicago’s DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American
artist
civil rights activist
educator
human
museum founder
poet
printmaker
writer
awardReceived NAACP Theatre Award
surface form: Paul Robeson Award

President’s Humanitarian Award
Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
causeOfDeath heart failure
coFounded DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
surface form: DuSable Museum of African American History

South Side Community Art Center
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1915-11-01
dateOfDeath 2010-11-21
educatedAt Chicago Teachers College North
surface form: Chicago Teachers College

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
employer Chicago Public Schools
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
familyName Taylor-Burroughs
fieldOfWork African American history
art education
children’s literature
civil rights
poetry
printmaking
founded Lake Meadows Art Fair
fullName Margaret Taylor-Burroughs self-link
genre African American literature
children’s literature
poetry
givenName Margaret
hasRole art teacher at DuSable High School
board member of DuSable Museum of African American History
co-founder of DuSable Museum of African American History
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Conference of Artists
South Side Community Art Center
movement Black Arts Movement
notableFor co-founding DuSable Museum of African American History
promoting African American art and history in Chicago
notableWork Africa, My Africa
Jasper, the Drummin’ Boy
What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black?
occupation artist
civil rights activist
educator
museum director
poet
printmaker
writer
placeOfBirth Saint Rose, Louisiana
United States of America
placeOfDeath Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

United States of America
religion Baptist
residence Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
sexOrGender female
spouse Charles Burroughs
surface form: Charles Gordon Burroughs

Robert Taylor
workLocation Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

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Margaret Taylor-Burroughs fullName Margaret Taylor-Burroughs self-link