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1930 - Faith Ringgold, born on the 8th of October is an African-American artist and author. She was raised in Harlem and educated at the City College of New York, where she studied with Robert Gwathmey and Yasuo Kuniyoshi.
1955 - She attended City College of New York, where she received B.S.
1959 - She received her and M.A. degrees.
1981 - Her mother died, and she started making quilts as a tribute to her. During that time, she was trying to get her autobiography published, but no one wanted to print her story.
1983 - She began writing stories on quilts, as an alternative. That way, when her quilts were hung up to look at, or photographed for a book, people could still read her stories. She have “written” 30 story quilts since then.
2007 - She currently serves on the art faculty at the University of California, San Diego.
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Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (Paperback - Dec 3, 1996) Illus. in full color. "Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the 'tar beach' of the title, looking down on...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold (Paperback - Dec 12, 1995) Illus. in full color. Cassie, who flew above New York inTar Beach, soars into the sky once more. This time, she and her brother Be Be meet a train full of people, and Be Be joins them. But the train...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Cassie's Word Quilt (Paperback - Jan 24, 2004) InCassie's Word Quilt, a young African American girl takes early readers on a remarkable tour of her 1930s-era Harlem home, school, and neighborhood. The tour serves as a vocabulary jaunt, as well....  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks (Paperback - Jan 1, 2003) If a bus could talk,it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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My Dream of Martin Luther King (Dragonfly Books) (Paperback - Dec 7, 1998) Faith Ringgold had a dream about Martin Luther King. Simply narrated in her own voice, Ringgold--award-winning creator ofTar BeachandAunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Skypaints a vivid,... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Dancing at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection and Other Story Quilts by Dan Cameron (Paperback - Apr 1, 1998) No matter how society conspires to usher certain groups toward its dimly lit margins, some folks always work their way back to the center waving and shouting. Faith Ringgold redefines the solemn... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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