James Hampton was an African-American janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art from scavenged materials; he was considered a folk artist. Hampton was born in Elloree, South Carolina, in 1909. His father was a gospel singer and a traveling Baptist preacher. In 1928, Hampton left for Washington DC, to join his elder brother Lee, […]

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