Bessye Johnson Banks Bearden (1891-1943)

Bessye Johnson Banks Bearden

Birth

1891

North Carolina, USA

Death

17 Sep 1943 (aged 51–52)

New York, New York County, New York, USA

Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery

Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Add to Map

Plot

Cosmos Plot

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Wife of Richard Howard Bearden. Daughter of George T. and Carrie O. Banks.

Mother of famous collage artist, Romare Bearden, civil rights activist, Deputy Collector of the Third New York IRS District and first woman member of a local New York City school board, correspondent to for the "Chicago Defender" and founder of the Colored Women's Democratic League.

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Spouse

Richard Howard Bearden

1888–1960

Children

Romare Bearden

1911–1988

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