Margaret Taylor-Burroughs

Margaret Burroughs
Taylor-Burroughs in 2006
Born
Victoria Margaret Taylor

(1915-11-01)November 1, 1915
St. Rose, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 2010(2010-11-21) (aged 95)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education
Organizations
Spouses
  • Bernard Goss
  • Charles Gordon Burroughs
Children2
Awards

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (November 1, 1915[a] – November 21, 2010),[1][2] also known as Margaret Taylor Goss, Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs or Margaret T G Burroughs, was an American visual artist, writer, poet, educator, and arts organizer. She co-founded the Ebony Museum of Chicago, now the DuSable Museum of African American History.

An active member of the African-American community, she also helped to establish the South Side Community Art Center, whose opening on May 1, 1941[3] was dedicated by the first lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt.[4] There, at the age of 23, Burroughs served as the youngest member of its board of directors. A long-time educator, she spent most of her career at DuSable High School.

Taylor-Burroughs was a prolific writer, with her efforts directed toward the exploration of the Black experience and toward children, especially to their appreciation of their cultural identity and to their introduction and growing awareness of art. She is also credited with the founding of Chicago's Lake Meadows Art Fair in the early 1950s.

  1. ^ "Burroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1917-2010". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Grimes, William (November 27, 2010). "Margaret T. Burroughs, Archivist of Black History, Dies at 95". New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Mullen, Bill V. (1999). Popular Fronts: Chicago and African-American Cultural Politics, 1935-46. Champaign: The University of Illinois Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-252-02440-0.
  4. ^ ""Big Shoulders": The South Side Community Art Center, A Cultural Institution". Chicago Now. Retrieved November 22, 2010.