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Many Black activists had come to loade upon Brady as
and a catalyst to promote more and better art education
programs in Black institutions throughout the country. After the Harmon exhib Black
colleges and universities throughout the South began creating gallery spaces to display
the works of Black artists. When space or money was limited, Brady
provided photogrpahs of outstanding artistic works by
old and modern masters for gallery exhibits. More and more, Brady began to placed greater
emphasis on improved teacher training for art teachers,
the encouragement of children's art exhibits and exploration of the
study of art appreciation on both the elementary and secondary
levels. Increased efforts were directed toward more exposrue of
African art and artists, with the Foundation arranging for
exhbitions of works and preparation of slides for educational use.
Brady took special interest in the work of Jacob Lawerence, Palmer
Hayden and William JS Johnson. From Lawerence, she
The Toussaint L'Ouverture Series in 1939. A 41 gouache/tempera painting on Genera
She encouraged museum official at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York and the Phillips Memorial Gallery (Phillips Collection in Washington) to purchase
Lawerence's "Migration Series". The John Brown Series was placed at
the Detroit Institute of Arts and Brady held on to "The Harriet
Tubman Series" which she placed after at Hampton Insititute, now Hampton
University. In 1967, Brady sent "The Toussaint L'Ouverture Series"