I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then… - Augusta Savage
" "I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.
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About Augusta Savage
Augusta Savage (February 29, 1892 – March 27, 1962) was an African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
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Augusta Christine Fells
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Augusta Christine Fells Savage
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Augusta Christine Savage
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Augusta Christine Fells {Moore} {Poston} Savage
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I hear so many complaints to the effect that Negroes do not take advantage of the educational opportunities offered them. Well, one of the reasons why more of my race do not go in for higher education is that as soon as one of us gets his head above the crowd there are millions of feet ready to crush it back again to that dead level of commonplace thus creating a racial deadline of culture in our Republic. For how am I to compete with other American artists if I am not to be given the same opportunity?
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