Romare Bearden
  
I choose Romare Bearden because his painting in the book looked very interesting to me and it was something I would like to research to get some information on.
Romare Bearden was born on September 2nd,1911 in Charlotte, North Carolina and died on March 12th,1988 in New York City. He was one of the most important African American artists. Bearden was also a respected writer, while going to college in New York City he began to Publish many journal covers and most of them were about social and artistic issues. But he was most popular for his textured collages which two of them appeared on the covers of Furtune and Time magazine. Bearden also designed costumes for the set of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Here are some links to some of his paintings and videos!!
http://www.beardenfoundation.org/artlife/beardensart/beardensart.shtml"
 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1428038