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Aaron Douglas (born May 26, 1900 in Topeka, Kansas
- died February 3, 1979), was a United States of
America|U.S. painter and a major figure in the
Harlem Renaissance. Douglas received his B.F.A.
degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in
1922. He based his style on traditional African
styles and broke down figures into geometric
objects. Douglas was often called the "Father of
African-American art."

==References==
* "Douglas, Aaron" in American National Biography,
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* Aaron Douglas: art, race, and the Harlem
Renaissance, (Jackson: University Press of
Mississippi, 1995) by Amy Hellene Kirschke. 
* Myers,Aaron. "Douglass, Aaron." _Microsoft
Encarta Referance Library 2002._ CD-ROM. 2002 ed.
Redmond: Microsoft, 2001.