DID YOU KNOW? for November 26 – December 9, 2024 

Amaza Lee Meredith (August 14, 1895 – 1984) was a teacher, artist, and architect who lived an exceptional personal and professional life for a Black Queer woman under Jim Crow segregation laws. Unable to work as an architect due to her gender and race, she redirected her career towards the arts, first as an art teacher and later founding the art department at Virginia State University. She co-founded Azurest North, a vacation community for Black middle-class Americans in Sag Harbor, New York. She also designed homes for family and friends and sought a more socially just world for Blacks during the interwar era. 

Learn more about Amaza Lee Meredith here.