Malkia Roberts

Lucille Malkia Roberts (1927-2004) was an American painter.

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 chronicles 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 take action was informed by African themes and topics. Roberts then studied once Hale Woodruff and taught at Howard University from 1976 to 1985. She exhibited widely, and her doing is represented in numerous private and public collections.