Quote of the day
Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
Roy DeCarava
Born: December 9, 1919
Died: October 27, 2009 (aged 89)
Bio: Roy DeCarava was an American painter and photographer who resided in New York City. DeCarava was initially known for his early work chronicling the lives of African Americans and jazz artists in Harlem.
Known for:
- The sweet flypaper of life (1955)
- The sound I saw (2001)
- Roy DeCarava, a retrospective (1996)
- Roy DeCarava, photographs (1975)








