Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color

"An overnight success, 80 years in the making."
  • 2021
  • 0 hr 19 min
  •  10  (1)
  •   Released

Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972), and the first Black woman to have her paintings exhibited in the White House (2009). Yet she did not receive national attention until she was 80.

Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color
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Alma W. Thomas lived a life of firsts: the first Fine Arts graduate of Howard University (1924), the first Black woman to mount a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1972), and the first Black woman to have her paintings exhibited in the White House (2009). Yet she did not receive national attention until she was 80.
  • Release Date
    2021
  • Runtime
    0 hr 19 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    10  (1)