THOMAS A. RANDALL Jr.
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Alumnus . The School of the Art Inststute of Chicago
South Suburban College under the tutege of Professor Mathew Cherry
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School taught fine arts by Ramon B Price, and Margaret Burroughs
Art instructor:
South Holland Community Center
Dolton library
Rainbow Push Coalition
In 1956 I contracted polio and was administered the vaccine at cook county hospital where I spent 6 months in the children's ward. my Mother and Father supplied me with plenty of paper, pencils, crayons, and love. this was the beginning of my artistry.
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Polio has been around since ancient times. This ancient Egyptian tomb painting shows a man with a withered leg unable to bear weight without use of a walking stick. This means that most muscle fibers are replaced with scarring (muscle-wasting) that is permanent. { https://www.cdc.gov/ }
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age. { https://www.who.int/ }
The first polio vaccine, known as inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) or Salk vaccine, was developed in the early 1950s by American physician Jonas Salk. { https://www.britannica.com/ }.
Sis. Robin Mohammad encouraged me to put my story in the first Grace Line Magazine and I was honored.
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This portrait of Imam WARTH DEEN MUHAMMAD brought tears to the eyes of his son Imam WARTH DEEN MUHAMMAD the 2nd pictured here.
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I've taught Art at Rainbow Push Coalition, The Mosque Cares Children's Workshop, KinderCare Daycare facility, the Dolton Public Library and privately
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JILLIAN
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THE JOHNSON FAMILY
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CHERYL
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