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William Pleasant Jr.

1928–1997

United States

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William Pleasant Jr. (June 23, 1928 – 1997) was an American expressionist painter and civil-rights activist. Several of his still-life paintings are held by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where they are displayed at its National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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