Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

male, deceased (1945)
World War II political leader franklin delano roosevelt American war president President of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation … Works Progress Administration
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United... More
Harry Hopkins

Harry Hopkins

male, deceased (1946)
Grinnell College World War II franklin delano roosevelt United States Secretary of Commerce New Deal lend lease … Works Progress Administration
Harry Lloyd Hopkins (August 17 1890 - January 29 1946) was one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisers. He was one of the architects of the... More
Ella Baker

Ella Baker

female, deceased (1986)
COINTELPRO target W.E.B. DuBois martin luther king jr. African American great depression Works Progress Administration
Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986) was an African American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s.... More
Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

female, deceased (2001) (Jackson, Mississippi, United States)
University of Wisconsin-Madison author photographer novelist A Worn Path Portrait photographer … Works Progress Administration
Eudora Welty (b. April 13 1909, Jackson, Mississippi - d. July 23 2001, Jackson, Mississippi) was an award-winning author and photographer who... More
Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel

male, 96 years old
oral history journalist Louis "Studs" Terkel Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction winner from Chicago Works Progress Administration
Louis "Studs" Terkel (born May 16, 1912) is an American author, historian and broadcaster.
Hallie Flanagan

Hallie Flanagan

female, deceased (1966)
Harvard University Grinnell College Theatre director director Playwright vassar college … Works Progress Administration
Hallie Flanagan (27 August, 1889-23 July, 1969) was an American theatrical producer and director, playwright, author and director of the Federal... More

Holger Cahill

male
New Deal Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
Holger Cahill was the National Director of the Federal Art Project (FAP), a federal patron of art that existed between 1935 and 1943 as part of the... More
Margaret Walker

Margaret Walker

female, deceased (1998)
ph.d breast cancer African-American philosophy University of Iowa African American … Works Progress Administration
Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander (July 7, 1915 - November 30, 1998) was an African-American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. She... More
Jack Levine

Jack Levine

male, 93 years old
Jewish American artist Colby College alumni Jewish Boston Museum of Fine Arts Boston Expressionism … Works Progress Administration
Jack Levine (b. Boston, Massachusetts, January 3 1915) is an American expressionist painter best known for his satires of modern life in the United... More
Ad Reinhardt

Ad Reinhardt

male, deceased (1967)
Federal Art Project American Brooklyn College New York University painter modern painter … Works Progress Administration
Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt ("Ad" Reinhardt) (December 24, 1913-August 30, 1967) was a painter, writer, and pioneer of conceptual and... More