Vivian Davidson Hewitt
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American art collector and librarian
Why Is Vivian Davidson Hewitt Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt was an American art collector, specializing in African-American art, and a librarian. She was Pittsburgh’s first African American librarian, and later became the first African American president of the Special Libraries Association. Her art collection, which she and her husband, John Hewitt, amassed over fifty years, is considered one of the finest collections of artwork by African-American artists and is on exhibit at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in Charlotte, N.C. In 2016, she was awarded the honorary title of Dame by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
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