Hardison, who lived in Manhattan, died March 23 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Ruth Inge Hardison was born in Portsmouth, Va., in 1914 and moved to Brooklyn with her parents ...

She was 102. Ruth Inge Hardison was born in Portsmouth, Va. on Feb. 3, 1914. Her family moved to Brooklyn to escape segregation in the South. She graduated from Girls High School and began a brief ...

Inge Hardison, whose bronze sculptures immortalized black historical figures, innovators and ordinary people she characterized as “Our Folks,” died on March 23 in Manhattan. She was 102.

Ruth Inge Hardison was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on February 3, 1914. Her family moved to Brooklyn to escape segregation in the South. She graduated from Girls High School and began a brief ...