Self Portrait (1948)
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Pictured here at age sixteen, Vivienne Malone may have had this picture taken to commemorate her high school graduation and acceptance to Fisk University in Nashville. Her face seems to radiate with the confidence of a young woman determined to make her mark on the world.
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Vivienne Lucille Malone-Mayes
Waco native Vivienne Lucille Malone-Mayes possessed a sharp mind with a resilient spirit to match. In an age where few women, let alone women of color, went on to become prominent figures in higher education, Malone-Mayes made her mark as an…