Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Collector And Patron Of Black Artists, Has Died At 70

The daughter of a prosperous Black family from Alabama became a force for the arts in Washington, D.C. She "was a voracious collector and champion of African and African-American artists, including Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, El Anatsui, Kerry James Marshall and Kehinde Wiley, [and] ... she amassed one of the country’s largest private collections of African-American art."

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