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Bessye Johnson Bearden (November 1893 – September 16, 1943) was an American journalist and civic activist, who was the mother of artist Romare Bearden. Biography
24 de ene. de 2024 · Bessye Bearden: Renaissance Mom. She was mother to one of the stars of African-American art, but she also nurtured an entire generation of artists and civil rights advocates. Now her legacy...
She was a Black journalist and civic activist. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as Bessye Banks, she was the youngest child of George T. and Carrie O. Banks. She attended schools in North Carolina and Hartshorn Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia.
African-American political and civic worker, known particularly for her work with the Democratic Party. Born Bessye Jeanne Banks in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in October 1888; died on September 16, 1943, in New York, New York; daughter of George T. and Clara (Carrie Ocott) Banks; attended Hartshorn Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia ...
Mother of famous collage artist, Romare Bearden, civil rights activist, Deputy Collector of the Third New York IRS District and first woman member of a local New York City school board, correspondent to for the "Chicago Defender" and founder of the Colored Women's Democratic League.
The Bessye J. Bearden Papers, 1922-1944, is a small collection which nevertheless reflects her membership in and activities with numerous civic and political organizations. While the papers consist mostly of incoming correspondence, there is also a small amount of personal papers and speeches.
Bessye Johnson Banks Bearden was a journalist and civil rights activist, and mother of famous collage artist Romare Bearden. She was born in about 1891 to Carrie O. (Olcott) Johnson Banks and likely Carrie's husband, last name Johnson, before Carrie married George T. Banks in about 1897.
