December 22, 1960 Jean-Michael Basquiat, the first painter of African descent to become an international art star, was born in Brooklyn, New York. By the age of eleven, Basquiat was fluent in French and Spanish. He dropped out of high school and started as a graffiti artist. By 1982, he had become part of the […]
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December 22nd in African American History – Angela James
December 22, 1964 Angela James, the first superstar of modern women’s hockey, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. James attended Seneca College where she won numerous titles in ice hockey and had her jersey number retired. From the late 1970s through the 1980s, she played in the Central Ontario Women’s Hockey League where she dominated […]