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We honor the life and legacy of multimedia artist Faith Ringgold (October 8, 1930 – April 12, 2024), best known for her narrative quilts depicting the African American experience. #Harlem
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Her talented mother taught her how to work with fabrics.

Ringgold used that knowledge to create her art - the quilts that now hang in various museums in the U.S.

Faith Ringgold reminisced about Edgecombe Avenue in an article from The New York Times:
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"She remembers arriving on Edgecombe in 1942 to a feeling of community. Her family’s pleasures were modest, with summer nights lazing about tar beach, up on the roof. Doors were kept open, and conversation flowed."
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