Lucille Malkia Roberts (1927-2004) was an American painter. Life Born in Washington, D.C., Roberts earned her bachelor's degree from Howard University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan. Roberts taught for D.C. public schools throughout her career, including Duke Ellington School for the Arts and Shaw Junior High School, where she taught alongside Alma Thomas for many years. She held professorships of art and art history at D.C. Teachers College, State University of New York at Oswego, Washington Technical Institute and American University. She traveled extensively during her career, but much of her work was informed by African themes and topics. Roberts also studied with Hale Woodruff and taught at Howard University from 1976 to 1985. She exhibited widely, and her work is represented in numerous private and public collections. References 1927 births 2004 deaths African-American women artists American women painters Howard University faculty Howard University alumni University of Michigan alumni Painters from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists American women academics 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American painters 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists