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- NAME: Faith Ringgold
- OCCUPATION: Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Painter, Author
- BIRTH DATE: October 08, 1930 (Age: 82)
- EDUCATION: City College of New York
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- ZODIAC SIGN: Libra
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Faith Ringgold is an American artist and author who became famous for innovative, quilted narrations like Tar Beach that communicate her political beliefs.
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Faith Ringgold was born October 8, 1930, in New York, New York. In 1963 she began a body of paintings called the American People series, which portrays the civil rights movement from a female perspective. In the 1970s she created African-style masks, painted political posters, lectured frequently at feminist art conferences, and actively sought the racial integration of the New York art world.
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