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Norman Wilfred Lewis (July 23, 1909 – August 27, 1979) was an American painter, scholar, and teacher. Lewis, who was African-American and of Bermudian descent, was associated with abstract expressionism , and used representational strategies to focus on black urban life and his community's struggles.
The Cinque Gallery (1969–2004) was co-founded by artists Romare Bearden, Ernest Crichlow, and Norman Lewis as an outgrowth of the Black power movement to "provide a place where the works of unknown, and neglected artists of talent …" — primarily Black artists — "would not only be shown but nurtured and developed".
Norman Lewis (fencer) (1915–2006), American Olympic fencer; Norman Lewis (footballer) (1908–1972), English footballer; Norman Lewis (boxer) (1923–1981), Welsh boxer on the list of Welsh boxing champions; Norman Lewis (tennis) British tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s; Norman Lewis del Alcázar, member of the Peruvian Congress 2011-2016
John Frederick Norman Lewis (28 June 1908 – 22 July 2003) was a British writer. While he is best known for his travel writing, he also wrote twelve novels and several volumes of autobiography. While he is best known for his travel writing, he also wrote twelve novels and several volumes of autobiography.
Spiral was a collective of African-American artists initially formed by Romare Bearden, Charles Alston, Norman Lewis, and Hale Woodruff on July 5, 1963. It has since become the name of an exhibition, Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective.
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s.This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the "Brothers" appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, the ABC variety program The Guy Mitchell Show, on Bob Hope specials, and in telecasts featuring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Perry Como and Steve Allen. [4] The Four Step Brothers became one of the longest-lasting dance groups, surviving for more than four decades into ...
The first concert on February 9, 1966 was a performance of Zoltán Kodály's Missa Brevis on an evening that also featured the Limón Dance Company. [28] The Choral Arts Society of Washington was formally incorporated on November 23, 1966. [29] In 1968, the still-new group participated in the funeral procession of Robert F. Kennedy. [25]