October 7, 1888 Sargent Claude Johnson, painter, ceramist, and sculptor, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1915, Johnson moved to the San Francisco Bay area and began studying at the A. W. Best School of Art. From 1919 to 1923 he attended the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute).
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October 7th in African American History – Desmond Mpilo Tutu
October 7, 1931 Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African cleric, activist and author, was born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa. Although Tutu wanted to become a physician, his family could not afford the training and therefore he studied education and began to teach in Johannesburg in 1953. In 1960, Tutu was ordained as an Anglican priest […]