Poetic Obituaries: Also a poet and painter, she [Margaret Burroughs]

founded the National Conference of Negro Artists. Burroughs wrote numerous children books and received countless honors and citations for her work in art. She earned her bachelor's degree and master's degree in art education from the Art Institute of Chicago. One of her most noted book of poems, What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black?, was published in 1968.

For more than two decades, Burroughs taught art at DuSable High School.

from EbonyJet: Dr. Margaret Burroughs Succumbs At 95

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