Jeffreen M. Hayes looks at the life and legacy of Augusta Savage, whose work in community building and art education carries on today.

Savage had experienced the institutional racism of that world her entire career. She was born Augusta Christine Fells in Green Cove Springs, Florida, in 1892—four years before Jim Crow ...

At the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage fought racism to earn acclaim as a sculptor, showing her work alongside de Kooning and Dalí. But the path she forged is also her legacy.

Savage is known as perhaps one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. Here are five things to know about the sculptor, teacher and activist.

An important sculptor during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, Augusta Savage was born Augusta Christine Fells in Green Cove Springs, Florida, on February 29, 1892.

Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students Savage was an artist, an educator, an activist and a community leader. Born on Feb. 29, 1892, Savage once said, "I was a Leap ...

Sculptor Augusta Savage became world-famous in the 1930s. Now Green Cove Springs is honoring her with a historic marker near her childhood home.

UNION – Christine R. Savage, our mom, passed away at the age of 91 on the night of May 12, 2023, ...

The Harp was sculptor Augusta Savage’s most monumental work. It also represented the artistic and musical genius that had originated in Northeast Florida in the early 20th century.

Augusta Christine Fells Savage, born Feb. 29, 1892, in Green Cove Springs, would follow the river north to Jacksonville and to fame in New York.