Oliver LaGrone

Oliver LaGrone (December 9, 1906 - Ọktoba 15, 1995) bụ onye ọkpụ akpụ, onye na-ede uri, onye nkuzi na enyemaka mmadụ. N'afọ 1974, e mepụtara akwụkwọ mmụta post-secondary n'aha ya, gbasaa ma lekwasịrị anya na 1991 maka ndị gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ọha na Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ihe nka nka nke LaGrone lekwasịrị anya n'ụzọ bụ isi na ịsọpụrụ ikike na mmezu nke ndị Africa-America. Enwere ike ịhụ ihe ọkpụkpụ ya na ogige atọ nke The Pennsylvania State University (Harrisburg, State College, Scranton), Museum State Museum of Pennsylvania, na Unitarian Church nke Harrisburg, Schomburg Center nke New York City, Albuquerque Museum, na Albuquerque's Richardson Pavilion nke ụlọ ọgwụ New Mexico. A na-ejide ihe ọkpụkpụ ya ndị ọzọ na nzuzo. Ọbá akwụkwọ mkpokọta Pụrụ Iche nke Mahadum steeti Pennsylvania yana ọtụtụ ọba akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ na mkpokọta ndị ọzọ na-ejide uri ya achịkọtara.

 Ezinụlọ sitere, 1906-1927 
A mụrụ Clarence Oliver LaGrone na Disemba 9, 1906, na McAlester, na mpaghara India, afọ tupu Territory ahụ ghọrọ akụkụ nke steeti Oklahoma ọhụrụ. Nna ya, William Lee LaGrone, amụrụ afọ iri ka mkpochapụ nke ịgba ohu na United States, nye ndị nne na nna bụbu ohu, Public Opinion, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, "People who teach are the luckiest people in the world", February 21, 1981, p. 8; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan biri na India Territory n'ihi nnwere onwe ndị e nyere ya. William LaGrone hapụrụ Mississippi na 1895, na-atụ egwu ndụ ya ka ha na ndị ọcha abụọ sere okwu maka mwakpo ha wakporo nne William. William lụrụ Lula Evelyn Cochran na Alabama mgbe ya na ndị mụrụ ya nyeere ya aka ịgbake na ụgbọ elu ya. Ha kwagara Texas, na-achọ nchebe site n'aka ndị nwere ike ịchụ. South, Gail T., Oliver LaGrone: Time Walker, a Masters thesis for The Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, 1976, ch. 1, pp.3-4. In preparation for writing the thesis, Gail South, in addition to studying LaGrone's poetry and sculptures, taped interviews with him over the course of a year. The interactions give potency to her descriptions of his developing emotions and thought processes. In 2013 the thesis was reprinted and updated by the committee administering the Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Fund of the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg. Throughout this article, references to the work use the page numbers from the reprinted work, with chapter numbers also citing location in the original.

Nna gụrụ akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ nkịtị nke LaGrone jere ozi na bọọdụ ụlọ akwụkwọ yana dịka onye ụkọchukwu e chiri echichi nke ụka Episcopal Methodist nke Africa . Press Journal, Middletown, Pennsylvania, "Sculptor Oliver LaGrone Recalls a Mother's Note", Vol. 85, No. 35, August 27, 1975, pp. 1-2; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Agụmakwụkwọ dị mkpa nye William LaGrone, ọkachasị ịkụziri ndị isi ojii mkpa ihe nketa ha dị, ihe nketa mere ka ọrụ ndụ nwa ya nwoke mara. Myers, Julia R., Harold Neal and Detroit African American Artists: 1945 Through the Black Arts Movement, Eastern Michigan University Art Galleries, 2020, p.10; Myers treats LaGrone in a distinct section, as well as in embedded references to Harold Neal's respect for LaGrone the man and artist. LaGrone chetara, "Nna m bụ onye ode akwụkwọ nwere nkà, bụrụkwa onye na-ewu ụlọ, na ihe okike nke ukwuu." "O ji uri ya chịkwaa anyị. A zụlitere m n'ebe dị otú ahụ." Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico, "Ex-N.M. Sculptor LaGrone Hard at Work at 87", January 16, 1994, Section G, p.9, by Marsha Miro for Knight-Ridder newspapers; copy from Albuquerque Museum files in Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan LaGrone kwadoro nne ya dịka ogidi na mmepe nka na nke mmetụta uche. "A Prince Hall Place Resident Profile: Oliver LaGrone", Prince Hall Place newsletter, Detroit, Winter 1994; C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan "Nne na nna m nwere olu mara mma. M na-eme ka okwu m dị ka nke ha, "LaGrone kwuru n'oge a gbara ajụjụ ọnụ akwụkwọ akụkọ n'oge afọ ya. Middletown Press Journal, Middletown, Pennsylvania, "Sculptor Oliver LaGrone Recalls A Mother's Note", August 31, 1973; C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Ezinụlọ LaGrone nwere ihe onwunwe ma bụrụ ndị isi obodo. Na 1929, ekworo ugboro ugboro gosipụtara ekworo n’ụzọ dị ize ndụ maka ihe ndị ha rụzuru kpaliri ha isi n’ọtụtụ obodo nta ndị ha tụrụ anya inweta udo na Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, gaa Albuquerque, New Mexico. Time Walker, ch. 1, p. 5 and ch. 3, p. 12

 Afọ kọleji, 1928-1938 

 Mahadum Howard 
Nwanne nwoke LaGrone nke okenye, Hobart, gara mahadum Fisk . Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Washington, DC, na 1928 kpọrọ nwanne ya nwoke nke nta, Oliver, ka ya na ya biri mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ maka akara mmụta. Time Walker, ch. 2, p.9 N'oge ọdịda Oliver LaGrone debanyere aha na Mahadum Howard, na-eme atụmatụ ịghọ onye ọka iwu.

LaGrone na onye otu ngalaba Dr. Carter G. Woodson na-emekọrịta ihe, "Nna nke akụkọ ihe mere eme ojii". N'oge okpomọkụ nke 1929 ọ jere ozi dị ka onye inyeaka na Woodson, na-agba ndị mmadụ ajụjụ ọnụ na Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas na Oklahoma maka Woodson na Lorenzo Greene na-abịa olu na-abịa, The Negro Wage Earner . Na mgbakwunye, LaGrone rere akwụkwọ gbasara omenala ojii nke Dr. Woodson kwalitere. Oliver LaGrone na-etinyekwa mmasị na unionism site n'aka onye otu ngalaba sayensị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, nwa okorobịa Dr. Ralph Bunche . Time Walker. ch. 2., p. 11

 New Mexico 
Nnukwu ndakpọ akụ na ụba mba ahụ mere ka LaGrone hapụ Mahadum Howard ka ọ gụchara naanị afọ mbụ ya. Ọnwụ dị egwu nke nna ya, na nkwarụ nne ya nke ihe mberede ụgbọ ala pụtara na ike ịkpata ego ya dị mkpa n'ụlọ. Time Walker, ch. 4, p. 13 LaGrone na nwanne ya nwoke nke tọrọ, Hobart, meghere ọnụ ụlọ olili ozu iji nyere aka kwado ezinụlọ. Ohere a ịmụ gbasara anatomi mechara mee ka ọ mata nkà ịkpụ akpụ nke Oliver LaGrone. "Celebrating An Artist's Life", memorial service program, Detroit, October 21, 1995 Washington Daily News, "Howard University Boy Undertaker While Seeking Art Fame", April 21, 1928 Ọ na-abụkwa afọ atọ na ọkara ọkachamara quartet na mmemme redio. C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

LaGrone nwere mmetụta ka ọ dọọrọ ya imepụta, na-akpụ akpụ n'ime osisi pine dị ka mahogany bara ụba na mbara ala New Mexico. Na 2005 Ụka Unitarian nke Harrisburg natara akwụkwọ ozi sitere n'aka otu agadi nwoke New Mexico nke zutere LaGrone mgbe ha abụọ na-aga Mahadum New Mexico . Ọ nọ na-atụ anya ịchọta ihe ọkpụkpụ LaGrone nke 1930, "Black", nke a kpụrụ na osisi pinyon. Afọ iri asaa na ise mgbe mbụ ọ hụchara ihe ọkpụkpụ ahụ, o dere, sị, "O juru m anya ma ghara ikwu okwu n'ịdị ebube nke ọnụ ọgụgụ ahụ; mgbe ahụ, m na-ejegharị na-ele anya n'azụ ya wee malite ịkwa ákwá ozugbo. Onye a magburu onwe ya, na-eguzo dị mpako. Ọ bụ ihe kasị dị ịrịba ama m hụtụrụla bụ nke gosipụtara ọnọdụ nke ndị isi ojii bi na mba a N'ime oge ahụ, ọ nweghị ụzọ m ga-esi zụta nke ọ bụla n'ime ọrụ ya, ma ọ bụrụ na m ga-ahụ onye ojii ahụ ejiri eriri aka, m ga-agbalị ịchọta ego ọ bụla a chọrọ iji nweta ya ruo afọ ole na ole m fọdụrụ." Ọrụ ahụ adịla ogologo oge zụrụ ma mesịa nye ya Detroit isi nke National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, ma onyinyo ya nọgidere na-enwe ike 75 afọ mgbe e mesịrị. Correspondence to the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg from Wallace Thorp, February 28, 2005; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills,, Michigan "Black" bụ otu ihe ọkpụkpụ ahụ egosipụtara nke ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị dugara LaGrone laghachi na mahadum. The Patriot, "Children Throng Artist's Class", Feb. 18, 1973, p. 3 A na-ejide ihe ọkpụkpụ ahụ na nzuzo.

 Mahadum New Mexico 
Oliver LaGrone nọ na-arụ ọrụ na Albuquerque n'ọrụ ndị na-adịghị mma, na n'ime ezinụlọ nke onye injinia obodo nke nwunye ya nwere mmasị n'ụdị amara LaGrone. Mgbe ọ hụchara otu n'ime ihe ọkpụkpụ ya, ọ kpọọrọ LaGrone gaa na onyeisi oche nke Mahadum New Mexico (UNM), iji jide n'aka na nwa okorobịa ojii ahụ ga-edebanye aha. Nkà nka ọ na-azụbeghị na mbụ bịara pụta ìhè mgbe na 1934 ọ malitere ịga Mahadum New Mexico, na-amụba nkà mmụta mmekọrịta ọha na eze na obere obere nka. Dị ka onye nkuzi nkuzi nye onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ, William Emmet Burk, Jr., "Celebrating An Artist's Life", memorial service program, Detroit, October 21, 1995 Architect, sculptor, designer and teacher; Burk described further at http://www.askart.com ọ malitere n'ime oge ndụ nke nlegharị anya n'ime njikọ nke mmetụta na ụdị.

N'ime ndị ọkachamara UNM LaGrone bụ otu nwoke bụ enyi ya na onye nta akụkọ na-agbagharị agbagharị bụ Ernie Pyle . Site na 1935 ruo 1941, Pyle na-eleta obere obodo America, na-eke ogidi akwụkwọ akụkọ Scripps-Howard syndicated ka ọ na-aga. Ndị ikom abụọ ahụ kwụsịrị site na ihe ngosi nka mahadum nke gụnyere ọrụ LaGrone. Pyle tinyeziri otu n'ime kọlụm 1938 ya na talent ọkpụkpụ LaGrone. Time Walker, ch. 4, pp. 14-15 Albuquerque Tribune,"Seeing New Mexico", 1938; LaGrone Curriculum Vitae 1988, LaGrone Art Culture Programs Correspondence from Ernie Pyle to Oliver LaGrone, May 21, 1938, copy from Albuquerque Museum artist files; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Pyle dere, sị: "Amaghị m ihe ọ bụla ga-amasị m karịa idere akwụkwọ nke mbụ n'akwụkwọ ọha na eze banyere nwoke a ga-akpọtụrụ n'ụwa niile otu ụbọchị dị ka 'Oliver LaGrone - ị maara, onye na-akpụ ihe,'" ka Pyle dere. Philadelphia Daily News, "LaGrone: a 'Living Legend in Black'", April 30, 1982, by Chuck Stone; C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

 Nlekọta ọganihu ọrụ 
LaGrone so na ndị nka Federal Art Project ogwe aka nke Ọrụ Ọganihu Ọrụ na-enyere aka.  WPA photo of LaGrone sculpting in New Mexico, taken in 1930s by Kelly Williams, not indexed until 1958 Na 1937 ọ meriri asọmpi imepụta ihe ọkpụkpụ  maka ụlọ ọgwụ ụmụaka Carrie Tingley ọhụrụ mgbe ahụ,  ụlọ ọrụ hiwere iji lebara mmụba na-abawanye nke mkpọnwụ ụmụaka . Ihe akpụrụ akpụ Ebere na-egosipụta ncheta LaGrone Oklahoma nke nne ya na-elekọta ya n'oge oge nwata na-arịa ịba ugboro ugboro na ogologo oge. LaGrone letter to Greg Johnson, Director, Public Relations, Carrie Tingley Hospital, University NM, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 3, 1985; copy from Albuquerque Museum file on LaGrone; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Akpụgharịrị ihe ọkpụkpụ marblestone ya na 1937 na ọla na 1991 maka ngosi na Albuquerque. Edebere otu ihe nkedo n'ụlọ ọgwụ Richardson Pavilion nke Mahadum New Mexico, ebe ụlọọgwụ Tingley ebugara na mbụ, n'elu ala raara nye nlekọta pụrụiche maka ụmụaka nwere nsogbu mgbatị ahụ ma ọ bụ nke na-adịghị ala ala. A na-egosipụta ihe nkedo ọzọ nke Ebere na ogige ihe ọkpụkpụ nke Albuquerque Museum of Art and History .  Flynn, Kathryn A. and Andrew Connors, Treasures on New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture Sunstone Press, 1995.

 Alụmdi na nwunye 
LaGrone gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum New Mexico's School of Education na 1938 na nzere bachelọ sayensị. Time Walker, ch. 4, p. 15 Na 1938, ọ lụrụ Irmah Cooke, ya onwe ya bụ onye na-ede egwuregwu na onye na-ede uri. Irmah Cooke Zampty memorial service program and obituary, March 26, 1994, Detroit, Michigan; C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Nna ya, James D. Cooke, bụ onye nchoputa na onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke Gary Sun, akwụkwọ akụkọ Indiana. Afọ iri tupu mgbe ahụ, e gbuola ya mgbe ọ kwadochara na ndị na-agụ akwụkwọ America America anaghị azụta n'ụlọ ahịa ebe amachibidoro ndị America America ịrụ ọrụ. Time Walker, ch. 5, p.16 Iji nọrọ nso ezinụlọ nke Oriakụ LaGrone fọdụrụ, di na nwunye ahụ gara biri na Michigan. N'ebe ahụ LaGrone sonyeere azụmaahịa ụlọ ezinaụlọ. Nwa nwanyị, Lotus Joy (lụrụ aha nna Johnson) mụrụ na 1940. Celebrating An Artist's Life, memorial service program, Detroit, October 21, 1995, C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

 Art na unionism na Detroit, 1941-1953 
áká_èkpè|frame| LaGrone nwere maquette nke bust ya nke Harriet Tubman (ihe ọkpụkpụ ya nke Black na ndabere), Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1942; Site n'ikike Cranbrook Archives

 Cranbrook Academy of Art 
Ka ọ na-erule 1941 ezinụlọ na-eto eto akwagawo na Detroit, ka ọ nọrọ nso ezi na ụlọ nke Oriakụ LaGrone. Na agbamume nwunye ya, LaGrone nyochara Cranbrook Academy of Art na Bloomfield Hills dị nso. Nsonaazụ nke ajụjụ a bụ ọkpụkpọ òkù onwe onye sitere n'aka onye nkụzi bụ Carl Milles, onye na-ese ihe Swedish kwuru, ịrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-echebe ya. LaGrone si otú a bụrụ onye Afrika-America mbụ gara Cranbrook, site na Nọvemba 1941 ruo Julaị 1942.  Cranbrook Archives also hold audio interviews with LaGrone, available for research by appointment with the archives. Milles haziri na LaGrone na-enweta onyinye McGregor Fund maka ọmụmụ ihe dị elu na ọkpụkpụ. Time Walker, ch. 5, pp. 16-17 Milles gbakwunyere onyinye ahụ site na ego nke aka ya. Unitarian Universalist World, "UU sculptor has 'worked out of many bags'", Unitarian Universalist Association: Boston, Massachusetts, August 15, 1977, pp. 1-2; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Akwụkwọ nkuzi sitere na Student Aid Foundation nke Michigan kpuchie nkuzi LaGrone. Cranbrook Academy of Art, C. Oliver LaGrone application, 1941 Ebe nchekwa Cranbrook natara, mgbe LaGrone nwụsịrị, akwụkwọ na foto nwa ya nwanyị nyere na 1997, na, mgbe e mesịrị, ihe ncheta sitere na scholarships hiwere n'aha ya.

 Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ ala United 
Oliver LaGrone nwere mmetụta nke ibu ọrụ na ọchịchọ nke imegide ọganihu nke fasizim site na isonye ozugbo na mbọ US na Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Mmerụ bọọlụ ochie gbochiri ya ịbanye n'ọrụ ndị agha, yabụ na 1942 ọ rụrụ ọrụ mmepụta na Ford Motors' nnukwu River Rouge complex . Agbanyeghị, ihe mberede ọrụ na-eme ugboro ugboro butere ya n'ọrụ n'otu ndị ọrụ United Auto Workers . Site na 1943 ruo 1948, ọ bụ onye isi ya nke mmụta mmụta anya, na-ahụ maka ngalaba, na ikwu okwu na igosi ihe nkiri nye ndị ọrụ ụgbọ ala otu n'ofe mba ahụ.

 Nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na ndị ọzọ, 1954-1969 

 Onye nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha 
Site na 1954 ruo 1969, Oliver LaGrone kuziri n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na Detroit. Ọ bụ onye mbụ nọchiri anya ihe mberede, wee bụrụ ọkachamara na nka na nka, na, site na 1967, onye nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na akụkọ ntolite nke Africa-American. Site na 1956 site na 1960, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Wayne State, ọrụ post-baccalaureate ya na-enweta asambodo onye nkuzi na agụmakwụkwọ pụrụ iche na nka. Timewalker, ch. 7, pp. 24-26 Nkuzi ya bụ ihe ndabere na mmezu Detroit ya na mpaghara nka na uri. Myers, Julia R., Harold Neal and Detroit African American Artists: 1945 Through the Black Arts Movement, Eastern Michigan University Art Galleries, 2020, p. 19

 ZOnye na-akwado na Artist 

 Oliver LaGrone Scholarship 
Oliver LaGrone na 1974 kpaliri imepụta mmemme mmụta n'aha ya (lee ndepụta agụmakwụkwọ, n'okpuru nkuzi LaGrone). Deccolades, 10th Anniversary Celebration program, Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Fund; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Ndị guzobere scholarships sitere na Unitarian Church nke Harrisburg. LaGrone nyere ego n'ịre ihe nkedo ọla nke The Dancer . Ego ndị ọzọ iji guzobe na wuo scholarships sitere n'aka ndị na-akwado nnukwu na ndị nta, na onyinye nke ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na otu n'ime afọ ndị na-esote. Otu akwụkwọ akụkọ kwuru LaGrone na 1986, na-adụ ndị na-eto eto ọdụ, "Gụọ. Gụọ. Gụọ. Ndụ ndị nwoke na ndị inyom dị ukwuu na-echetara anyị na, mgbe ịchọtara mpaghara mmasị, ọrụ, ọrụ, ịmara ihe niile ị nwere ike ime banyere ya ma mụta ihe. inye ma nara n'amara." Richmond County Daily Journal, Rockingham North Carolina, 1986; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Emegharịrị mmemme mmụta mmụta nke Oliver LaGrone na 1991, na-elekwasị anya ego na otu onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Harrisburg High School. Ọ na-enye kwa afọ akwụkwọ mmụta obodo kacha ukwuu The Burg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, "A Legacy of Learning: Artist Oliver LaGrone devoted his life to teaching others. A scholarship in his name ensures that his work continues." July 31, 2014 (http://www.theburgnews.com/tag/oliver-lagrone) dị maka onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ọha na eze.

 Ihe ọkpụkpụ LaGrone 

 Enwere ike ịnweta ọhaneze 

 Ebere, 1937, nkedo nkume marble 1937, nkedo ọla 1991. Ụlọ ọgwụ University nke New Mexico, Albuquerque, Ụlọ Ọgwụ Carrie Tingley, Richardson Pavilion, ọnụ ụlọ ndị ọrịa nọ n'ala nke ise; nakwa na Albuquerque Museum, ubi ọkpụkpụ. Flynn, Kathryn A. and Andrew Connors, Treasures of New Mexico Trails: Discover New Deal Art and Architecture", Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunshine Press, 1995 Nkedo na 1991 site n'ikike nke National New Deal Preservation Association na ala nke Naomi Ashley. Time Walker, ch. 13, p. 40 48"h. x 27" w. x36" d.
 Bust nke George Washington Carver, 1950, plasta, patina ọla. Ụka Unitarian nke Harrisburg kemgbe 1973; enwere ike tụba ọla maka ụlọ akwụkwọ GW Carver mbụ, Oakdale Gardens, Detroit. 17"h. x 12" w. x10" d.
 Onye na-agba egwu, 1958, nkedo ọla, LaGrone Cultural Arts Center, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, W132 Olmsted Bldg.; nakwa n'ọbá akwụkwọ PSU Scranton; nakwa na Ụlọ Nzukọ Obodo, Obodo Harrisburg. Time Walker Chronology iv N'ịbụ onye sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ, onye na-egwu egwu na ọkà mmụta gbasara mmadụ, onye ọsụ ụzọ America na-atụgharị egwu egwu Africa, Dr. Pearl Primus . LaGrone gara n'ihu dee abụ gbasara dike a. Time Walker, Poems, p. 62.
 Bust nke Reverend Charles A. Hill, Sr., 1961, nkedo ọla, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, Detroit.
 Isi nke Langston Hughes, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City Library. Ikiri site na oge atọrọ,. Arts and Artifacts Division, 212-491-2241 11"h. x 8.5" w. x 10,5" d.
 Bust nke Harriet Tubman, bef. 1974, nkedo ọla. LaGrone Cultural Arts Center, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, W132 Olmsted Building; nakwa na Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, foyer. 14.5"h. x 11" w. x9,5" d.
 Mahadum dị ka Ezinụlọ, 1975, tụbara ọla. Mahadum Pennsylvania State Scranton, ahịhịa ọbá akwụkwọ; ụdị dị nta na Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, Olmsted Building n'azụ, Rowland Sculpture Garden, nke a raara nye October 11, 1993;  Time Walker, Chronology, iv, and ch. 13, p. 41 28" h. x 12" w. x 8" d. Kathryn Fritz na-eto eto ihe nlereanya maka nwa ahụ.
 Ballet na Disco, 1979, nkedo ọla, ihe atụ abụọ,. individualized mounting designed and constructed by UCH member John Quimby 17.5"h. x 11" w. x9" d.
 Nkpuchi, 1980, plasta, bronze patina, African motif mgbidi-ibe. Unitarian Church nke Harrisburg. 20"h. x 10" w. x2"d.,
 Bust nke Paul Robeson, abt. 1985, nkedo ọla. Pennsylvania State University (University Park), Robeson Cultural Center, nke PSU Alumni Association nyere ikike, ewepụtara Eprel 12, 1986. Minority Arts Committee, Student Union, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, "Mr. Oliver LaGrone: Sculptor, Poet, Lecturer", lecture publicity, February 1, 1987 (lee LaGrone's "Lines to the Black Oak" na New Black Voices, ed. Abraham Chapman (New York: Mentor-New American Library, 1972))
 Bust nke Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., bef. 1986, nkedo ọla. Pennsylvania State Museum, ewepụtara na June 29, 1986.  Nchekwa, Katalọgụ # 86.45;
 Bust nke Dr. Carter G. Woodson, plasta, patina ọla. LaGrone Cultural Arts Center, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, W132 Olmsted Bldg.; onyinye sitere n’aka Lotus Joy LaGrone Johnson, ada Oliver LaGrone, na nraranye nke Center akpọgharịrị aha, 1998.

 Ejidere na nzuzo 
Opekempe, a na-ejide ihe osise LaGrone iri atọ na isii ndị ọzọ na nzuzo, nke a kpụrụ na pinyon pine ma ọ bụ Honduras mahogany, nke a kpụrụ ya na plasta ma were patina ọla kọpa, ma ọ bụ tụba ya na nkume marble ma ọ bụ ọla kọpa. Ọrụ ndị a, nke emere site na 1930 ruo opekata mpe 1994, gụnyere bas reliefs, busts iri na abụọ, na statuary ruru sentimita iri anọ na asatọ n'ịdị elu. Isiokwu ndị Amerịka nke Afrịka gbasara nkwụsi ike na mmezu kacha. Frederick Douglass, Aretha Franklin, Rosa Parks, na Sojourner Truth so na ndị nọchiri anya ya. LaGrone kwuru, sị. "Echere m na ọ dị mkpa ka m kwuo ihe gbasara ọnụnọ ojii na America. . . [dị ka] ụzọ isi metụ psyche America aka." "Oliver LaGrone: Artist, Educator, Humanitarian", compact disc produced by Unitarian Church of Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), including a 1989 interview. "Ọ bụrụ na America ga-anabata ihe ọ bụ omume, ọ ghaghị ịnakwere onyinye nke ndị ikom dị ka Frederick Douglass na ndị inyom dị ka Harriet Tubman na Sojourner Truth." The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), Sculptor proves 'universality' knows no color, by Cynthia Jacobson, May 20. 1989, sec D, p. 1 Nkọwa gbasara ihe ọkpụkpụ dị iche iche ejigidere na nzuzo dị site na Ụka Unitarian nke Harrisburg .

 Abụ LaGrone 

 Ụkwụ: Abụ sitere na America, 1949, Pennsylvania State University, Special Collections Library (UP). Dị site na nhọpụta, 104 Paterno, Brockson, PS356F55. Ọbá akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ ndị ọzọ na-ejidekwa ya.
 "Ha na-ekwu banyere Dawns: A Duo-Poem Edere maka narị afọ nke mkpọsa mgbapụta, 1863-1963", 1963, Pennsylvania State University, Special Collections Library (UP). Dị site na nhọpụta, 104 Paterno, Brockson, PS3562. A285T45. Ọbá akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ ndị ọzọ na-ejidekwa ya.
 Dawnfire na abụ ndị ọzọ, 1989, Pennsylvania State University, Special Collections Library (UP). Dị site na nhọpụta, 104 Paterno, Brockson, PS3562. A314D3, 1989. Ọbá akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ ndị ọzọ na-ejidekwa ya. 

 Njikọ mpụga na onyonyo 

 Ebere, na usoro nke a na-etinye na plasta site n'aka Onye Okike Oliver LaGrone, na 1937. Foto omume nke onye na-ese ihe WPA na Mahadum New Mexico na-ejide Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Gọvanọ dijitalụ foto Archive, ngalaba nke New Mexico History. Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ndị na-eso ya na-akọwa mmasị onye edemede Ernie Pyle nwere maka talent LaGrone, "Ex-student Hailed As Sculptor" (n'aka ekpe nke foto na-ese onyinyo) na LaGrone's 1987 laghachiri iji rụkwaa ọrụ a hụrụ n'anya tupu e megharịa ya, na ọla kọpa, "Detroit Sculptor Ends Visit. Ebe a". Foto ndị agbata obi n'ime otu ise na-agwa nwanne nwoke, Hobart, onye LaGrone mụtara gbasara ahụ. 
 Ebere, ebe a na ogige ihe ọkpụkpụ nke Albuquerque Museum.  Emere ihe nkedo ọla abụọ, na 1991, na-asọpụrụ ihe nketa WPA nke ọrụ ahụ. A gwala LaGrone na 1987 ka ọ bịa na Albuquerque iji weghachi mkpịsị ụkwụ nwatakịrị ahụ na-arịa ọrịa na ihe ọkpụkpụ mbụ ya, na ikwu okwu na ncheta afọ 50 nke ụlọ ọgwụ Carrie Tingley. "Oliver LaGrone Honored By Hospital", 1990; C. Oliver LaGrone Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Ndị ọrịa ụmụaka nọ ebe ahụ taa, ugbu a bụ akụkụ pụrụ iche nke ụlọ ọgwụ Mahadum New Mexico, na-emesikwa obi ike na ọ ga-aga n'ihu na-enyere aka nke ọkpụkpụ LaGrone. Campus News, "WPA art conserved, reinstalled on Tingley hospital first floor", Feb 16, 2004; Oliver LaGrone Scholarship Committee Papers, Cranbrook Archives, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
 Bust nke Reverend Charles Andrew Hill, Sr., pastọ nke Hartford Memorial Baptist Church na Detroit maka afọ 48, bụ onye ama ama maka obi ike ya, nkwado bara uru nke ndị kwadoro ihe kpatara ndị ọrụ na ikike obodo, ogologo oge tupu mgbalị ndị ahụ ghọrọ òtù ọha mmadụ ghọtara. . Hụ onyonyo site na ịpịgharịa ọtụtụ foto nwere ederede gaa na LaGrone's "The Bronze Portrait of Charles A. Hill Sr." 
 LaGrone na-akpụ akpụ na Cranbrook Academy of Art, n'okpuru nduzi nke onye nkụzi mba ụwa a ma ama bụ Carl Milles, November 1941 ruo July 1942. Milles na onye na-ese ihe Auguste Rodin mụọ ihe. Maka ọtụtụ onyonyo n'ime Cranbrook Archives, na Database Image Digital; tinye 'LaGrone' n'ime igbe ọchụchọ. 
 Mgbe ọ na-akụzi n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na Detroit, LaGrone gara n'ihu na-akpụ akpụ. Onye na-akwado maka eluigwe na ala, ọrụ ya mere ememme ndị Africa-America nke nyere aka dị ukwuu na ndụ America. Ụlọ ọrụ Detroit nke Arts, 1960. Na ibe weebụ nke Institute, gaa na Art, mkpokọta; tinye 'LaGrone' n'ime igbe ọchụchọ. Ihe osise eserese, aka ekpe gaa n'aka nri: n'ala, ogologo, Ihe nketa ; na ikpere aka ọkpụ, Oedipus Reckless ; n'elu ala, Bust nke George Washington Carver ; Nna na Ọkpara ; Onye na-agba egwu . 
 LaGrone na-agụ uri ya mgbe niile n'oge mmemme ọha ya na ndị ode akwụkwọ ojii Detroit ndị ọzọ ama ama. Foto 1965 dekọtara ya ka ọ nọ ọdụ n'aka ekpe, Melvin Tolson nọ n'etiti, na Dudley Randall n'aka nri. 
 Na mmalite oge LaGrone na The Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg, o dere abụ na-asọpụrụ onye odeakwụkwọ ndị ọrụ Africa America onye nwere mmetụta ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na ọrụ. 
 Mahadum LaGrone dị ka Ezinụlọ, nọ na nso-ndụ na ogige ụlọ akwụkwọ mahadum steeti Pennsylvania na Scranton.  LaGrone nyekwara ọrụ ahụ n'ụdị dị nta na ụlọ akwụkwọ PSU Harrisburg.  A na-etinye ya taa n'ebe ahụ n'ogige ihe ọkpụkpụ dị n'azụ ụlọ Ohlmsted. - 
 A gbara ajụjụ ọnụ 1989 na LaGrone na vidiyo na-akọwapụta mmezu nka nke ọha na eze-ikpe ziri ezi dị ka mkpali maka mmụta mmụta Oliver LaGrone.  Rịba ama na mgbe LaGrone na-abụ "Old Man River" iji mee ka vidiyo ahụ dị nso, egwu ọ na-eji bụ nke onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye na-agụ egwú bụ Paul Robeson kpụgharịrị mgbe abụ Jerome Kern pụtara na mbụ, na ihe nkiri 1939 "Showboat". Kama 'ochie osimiri' ịnakwere na-enweghị nlezianya enweghị nnwere onwe ya, ihe LaGrone na-abụ na-akwado ikike zuru ụwa ọnụ.

 Ntụaka 
nkuzi LaGrone).  Ndị guzobere scholarships sitere na Unitarian Church nke Harrisburg. LaGrone nyere ego n'ịre ihe nkedo ọla nke The Dancer . Ego ndị ọzọ iji guzobe na wuo scholarships sitere n'aka ndị na-akwado nnukwu na ndị nta, na onyinye nke ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na otu n'ime afọ ndị na-esote. Otu akwụkwọ akụkọ kwuru LaGrone na 1986, na-adụ ndị na-eto eto ọdụ, "Gụọ. Gụọ. Gụọ. Ndụ ndị nwoke na ndị inyom dị ukwuu na-echetara anyị na, mgbeWorkers . Site na 1943 ruo 1948, ọ bụ onye isi ya nke mmụta mmụta anya, na-ahụ maka ngalaba, na ikwu okwu na igosi ihe nkiriWorkers . Site na 1943 ruo 1948, ọ bụ onye isi ya nke mmụta mmụta anya, na-ahụ maka ngaWorkers . Site na 1943 ruo 1948, ọ bụ onye isi ya nke mmụta mmụta anya, na-ahụ maka ngalaba, na ikwu okwu na igosi ihe nkirilaba, na ikwu okwu na igosi ihe nkiri
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