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African American Heritage Association president Gwendolyn Reese, Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum executive director Terri Lipsey Scott and principal dancer Calvin Royal III. [ JOHN PENDYGRAFT, MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE, and courtesy of Calvin Royal III ]
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Art provides a rare glimpse at Tampaâs historic Black neighborhoods
Karl Moseleyâs drawings depict what life was like in the Scrub and Garrison neighborhoods in the 1930s.
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This drawing from the 1930s of Tampa s historic Black neighborhood known as the Scrub was created by Karl Moseley during The Great Depression and funded by the Works Progress Administration. [ Courtesy of University of South Floridaâs Libraries Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections ]
Updated Feb. 23
BRANDON â The federal Works Progress Administration was charged with putting Americans back to work during the Great Depression.
The program financed the construction of schools, bridges, roads, airports and other infrastructure needs. But it also put artists back to work by bankrolling ventures such as theater groups, orchestras and murals.