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Romare Bearden
- This painting is called “The Piano Lesson.”
- Painted by RomareBearden.
- This photo was August Wilson’s primary inspiration for the play “The Piano Lesson.”
The Yellow Dog- The Yellow Dog was known as
the Yazoo Delta. It is rumored that the initials YD on the locomotives gave it it’s nickname.
- The Yazoo-Delta Railroad was a branch line that opened in August 1897 between Moorhead and Ruleville, Mississippi. It was extended to Tutwiler, Mississippi, and Lake Dawson and was acquired by the Yazoo and Mississippi Railroad by 1903.
The Yellow Dog Cont.- “Where the
Southern Cross the Yellow Dog”
- Carroll Cloar, American, 1913-1993
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