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Ryan Cosbert, Ode to Harriet Elizabeth Brown, 2021. Acrylic on canvas.
60 x 52 inches.

“Ode to Harriet Elizabeth Brown” is an ode to Harriet Elizabeth Brown who was a Calvert County school teacher who pushed for equal pay, regardless of race, in Maryland education. With the help of NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall, Brown brought suit against the Calvert County Board of Education in 1937.

Ryan Cosbert, Ode to Harriet Elizabeth Brown, 2021. Acrylic on canvas.
60 x 52 inches.

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