Freeman H. M. Murray

Freeman Henry Morris Murray
Niagara Movement leaders W. E. B. Du Bois (seated), and (left to right) J. R. Clifford (who organized the 2nd meeting), Lafayette M. Hershaw, and F. H. M. Murray at Harpers Ferry.
Born	(1859-09-22)September 22, 1859 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	February 20, 1950(1950-02-20) (aged 90) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Mount Pleasant Academy, Howard University
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Real Estate, Clerk
Spouse(s)	Laura Hamilton, Delilah

Freeman H. M. Murray (September 22, 1859 - February 20, 1950) was an intellectual, civil rights activist, and journalist in Washington D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia. He was active in promoting black home-ownership, opposing Jim Crow laws and lynching, and supporting positive representation of African Americans in public art. He was a founding member of the Niagara Movement and was an editor of its journal, the Horizon, along with W. E. B. Du Bois and Lafayette M. Hershaw. Alongside his other work, Murray was an important intellectual leader and wrote an influential book of art criticism. In this, Murray was one of the first historians of African American art. His work expressed a desire that art take seriously the representation of African Americans and that slavery not be overlooked in favor of representation of heroes and glory in public art.^[1]