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easel there was only one artist, and his name was Archibald Motley, Jr.. Archibald Motley, Jr. was probably at one time one of the best known Negro artists in the country. He's the brother of Willard Motley, the writer who just died this past week in Mexico.
...He was quite an academician, but a very competent painter. He was the only one hired on the project, so there were other artists in Chicago qualified as was later proven by their being hired. But those charges resulted in a strike of the artists on the project and was probably one of the first sit-downs of the artists. I remember vividly, as I was sitting down in the headquarters of the art project, the police were coming, etc.. And so it started out with a little problem. And then they got a supervisor...she was later transferred or fired, I don't remember which... they got a supervisor who was a very wonderful human being by the name of Richard...the first name may not be right, but the last name was Thorpe.
...And he was a very warm, sensitive human being who had a lot of administrative abilities and education, and a very competent person. And then the project began to move. Negro artists were hired, whether it was due to this woman's policies or not...I'm not really in a position to say. But interestingly enough, our project worked...there was some camaraderie on the project and the union, because most of the artists on the project were in the union. So that, for instance,in

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