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Walter Ellison

1899–1977

United States

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Walter Ellison (1899–1977) was an African American artist, born in the state of Georgia. Although the American Civil War had ended in 1865, African Americans still faced many difficulties at the turn of the century, so many of them left the South and moved North in search for better opportunities; Ellison was one of them.

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