Ruth Inge Hardison was born in Portsmouth, Va., in 1914 and moved to Brooklyn with her parents, who fled the South to avoid Jim Crow segregation.

NEW YORK — Inge Hardison, a sculptor, artist, and photographer, known particularly for her 1960s busts entitled “Negro Giants in History,” has died. She reportedly died on Wednesday, March 23, ...

Inge Hardison in the news In MutualArt’s artist press archive, Inge Hardison is featured in Inge Hardison, Actress and Sculptor of Heroes, Dies at 102, a piece from The New York Times in April 2016.

Ruth Inge Hardison was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on February 3, 1914. Her family moved to Brooklyn to escape segregation in the South.