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1956 - 1960
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Studied art at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
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1984
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Official Sports Artist for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
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1985
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Named the first Sports Artist of the Year, United States Sports Academy
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1990
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Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
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1996
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Selected by the National Basketball Association to commemorate the NBA's 50th anniversary
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1999
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Awarded the University Award, the highest honor by The University of North Carolina Board of Governors
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2004
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Named America's Best Painter of Sports, American Sport Art Museum & Archives, Daphne, AL
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2007
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A Tribute to Artist and NFL Alumni Ernie Barnes, sponsored by the NFL and Time Warner, New York City, NY
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2009
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Died: Los Angeles, CA
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2005 |
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Back to Black: Art, Cinema & Racial Imaginary, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England |
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1995 |
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20th Century Masterworks of African-American Artists, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (traveling group exhibition) |
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1972 - 1979 |
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The Beauty of the Ghetto (traveling solo exhibition) |
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1978 |
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North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (solo) |
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1965 |
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Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY |
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