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Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist. She is best known for her 'painted story quilts, ' some of which hang in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Tar Beach , Ringgold's first book for children, won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and was named a Caldecott Honor Book.