Leigh Whipper, depicted in the painting "Dans un Café a Paris" by Lois Mailou Jones (1939).Not many actors have their portraits on the walls of a museum, so imagine my surprise when I came upon someone with that honor " Leigh Whipper. Painted by the esteemed African American artist Lois Mailou Jones, I had no idea who Leigh Whipper was, staring at his image hanging in the Brooklyn Museum. Curious, I d…
