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A self-taught wood carver, Leslie Garland Bolling achieved national recognition for his wooden sculptures of African Americans at work or leisure.

Richmond

A founding member of the Carter Family, a highly influential early country music group, Maybelle Addington Carter was a pioneering guitarist and performer.

Scott County

An acclaimed lyric soprano and the first African American to receive a contract from a major American opera company, Camilla Ella Williams was a pioneer for black artists in classical music.

Danville

An enslaved man, Blind Billy was a renowned Lynchburg fifer.

Lynchburg

Born into slavery, Fields Cook became a prominent African American leader in Richmond and Alexandria in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Richmond and Alexandria

A self-taught dancer, Pleasants "Snowball" Crump performed for national and international audiences.

Richmond

Patricia Buckley Moss uses the considerable commercial success she has earned as an artist to aid child-related charities and promote the use of the arts to help children with learning disabilities succeed in school and in life.

Waynesboro

The award-winning novels of Sharyn Elaine Arwood McCrumb celebrate the richness and variety of Appalachian culture.

Roanoke County

As an educator and author, Isabel Wood Rogers advocated that Christians take an active and responsible interest in the secular world.

Richmond

Amaza Lee Meredith broke through racial and gender barriers in architecture and artistic design.

Lynchburg and Petersburg