About This Lesson
The Ruth Waddy Sketchbook contains a collection of more than 120 drawings by African American artists (including Cedric Adams, Romare Bearden, Houston Conwill, Dana Chandler, David Hammons, Varnette Honeywood, Lois Mailou Jones, Samella Lewis, William Pajaud, Noah Purifoy, and Timothy Washington) compiled into a sketchbook that had belonged to Los Angeles artist and activist Ruth Waddy (1909-2003).