African-American artist began career as a cartoonist

Artist's paintings of Amistad slave mutiny tell of African triumph over slavery

By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post December 21 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/artists-paintings-of-amistad-slave-mutiny-tell-of-african-triumph-over-slavery/2014/12/20/cba33942-7fc8-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html


Artist Hale Woodruff's murals are featured at the National Museum of American History.