Romare Bearden - Honors Achieved

Honors Achieved

  • Founded the 306 Group, a club for Harlem artists
  • In 1966 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters
  • In 1972 he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
  • In 1987, the year before he died, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts
  • In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Romare Bearden on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

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