Spelman College

Works like Baby of the Family and Ugly Ways earned accolades.

Reagon was also a co-founder of protest singing group The Freedom Singers.

She was a longtime professor at Spelman College.

Johnson Products, which created Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen, was the first black-owned company traded on the American Stock Exchange

Her pieces are featured in a collection at Vanderbilt University…

Varnette Honeywood began studying art as a child at age 12, and it would be books for children that would bring her art to its widest audience. Born in Los …