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Friday Open Thread- Famous African-American Painters

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Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. She is professor emeritus in the University of California, San Diego visual art department. Faith Ringgold was born  on October 8, 1930 and raised in Harlem and educated at the City College of New York, where she studied with Robert Gathmey and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. She received an M.A.from the … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- Famous African-American Painters

Friday Open Thread- Influential Black Educators

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  Lisa Delpit  is an American educationalist and author. She is also an Eminent Scholar and Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University in Miami, Florida and Felton G. Clark's first Distinguished Professor at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lisa Delpit spent her childhood years on Lettsworth St. in … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- Influential Black Educators

Friday Open Thread- Little Known Black History Facts

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This entire week's open thread has been dedicated to learning about little known bits of black history. Artist Charles Alston founded the "306 Group", a club that provided support and apprenticeship for African-American artists during the 1940s. It served as a studio space for prominent African-American artists such as poet Langston Hughes; sculptor Augusta Savage; … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- Little Known Black History Facts

Friday Open Thread- Black British Invasion

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This week's focus has been all about Black British musicians and singers.        Floetry was a British R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("the Songstress") and Natalie Stewart ("the Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums, one live album, and sold over 800,000 records worldwide. Formed in 1999, Floetry started on the performance poetry stage. In 2002, the … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread- Black British Invasion