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Harmon Foundation
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original purpose was not to single art out as an area for support.
That decision came about at the urging of Alain Locke and George
Haynes, particularly requesting support for Black artists. [crossed out: Its]
Brady thought the mission [strike: was] of the Foundation to be an
experiment in inter-cultural relations. Yet,
attention [crossed out: that was] paid by the Foundation to [strike: Afro -American]
Black American art became the legacy for which it is now remembered.
Without the support it gave Black artists, fewer of them would have had a chance
to exhibit their work in various places around the country and become as well
known as they did in American art circles.
The attention the Foundation gave to programs in visual
education, archival research and creative development among Black
artists helped to establish [crossed out: Afro-American] Black American art as an
important cause and encouraged ^racial and ^ national pride.
The legacy of philanthropic giving the Harmon Foundation
fostered became a prototype for later programs administered by the
Whitney Foundation, the American Federation of Arts and more recently
local and national support from federal agencies. The archival
repositories of the Harmon Foundation are important resources for
scholars of American culture and can be found at the Library of
Congress and the National Archives in Washington, D.C., ^ the final
act of Mary Beattie Brady's deaccessioning of the
foundation's collections.