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Name: Faith Ringgold
Birth Date: October 8, 1930
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Occupations: artist

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Biography of Faith Ringgold
1,012 words, approx. 3 pages
Faith Ringgold (born 1930) was known for paintings, sculpture, and performances which expressed her experience as an Afro-American woman. Faith Ringgold was born Faith Jones on October 8, 1930, in Harlem Hospital, New York City, the daughter of city...
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Biography of Faith Ringgold
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"I am a woman of color," says Faith Ringgold, "making a serious statement about my life and work." This quote, from an interview with Virginia Butterfield published in San Diego Magazine Online, epitomizes the major theme of Faith Ringgold's life. In...


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Ringgold, Faith
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(born Oct. 8, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S.) American artist and author who became famous for innovative, quilted narrations that communicate her political beliefs. Ringgold grew up in New York City's Harlem, and while still in high school she decided to...
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Ringgold, Faith
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(born Oct. 8, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. artist, author, and political activist. She began teaching art in New York's public schools in the 1950s. In 1963 she began her “American People” series of paintings, which dealt with the...
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Faith Ringgold Information
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Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930) is an African-American artist and author. Ringgold was born and raised in Harlem and educated at the City College of New York, where she studied with Robert Gathmey and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. She was greatly influenced by...


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Instructor (1990)
Faith Ringgold: Wanted.(masterpiece poster)
01/01/2007: 959 words, approx. 3 pages
WANTED The title of this piece, Wanted: Douglass, Tubman, and Truth, refers to three notable figures: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth (from left to right). All three were former slaves who, once free, went on to speak, write, and act...
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Arts & Activities
Quilted dreams: inspired by Faith Ringgold.
04/01/2008: 1,625 words, approx. 5 pages
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach is a story about Cassie Lightfoot's Harlem childhood. In the story, Cassie recalls sleeping on the rooftop of her apartment building, a "tar beach," the family's escape from the summer's heat. While lying on a handmade...
 


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