Word: quadroons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...successor was Sargent Claude Johnson, 51, Boston-born quadroon who has won many a prize, is one of the best artists of the Negro race. Sculptor Johnson submitted a drawing to the Board of Education, the San Francisco Art Commission. Both asked for some changes, which he made. Then, at the suggestion of a WPA official who wanted to use up the remaining clay before it spoiled. Sculptor Johnson made a 31-ft. model. It showed thick-limbed athletes diving, throwing javelins, playing golf, leaping hurdles...