Roy DeCarava (1919-2009)

Roy DeCarava (1919-2009)

by ChristianAnna | Oct 8, 2018 | African American History, People

Roy Rudolph DeCarava was the first African American to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship. Born on December 9, 1919 in Harlem Hospital, New York City, New York, DeCarava was the only child of a Jamaican mother and American father, who separated when he was young. In...