Billie Holiday monument sculptor, James Earl Reid, 78, artist, advocate, fearless fighter | Afro

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Billie Holiday monument sculptor, James Earl Reid, 78, artist, advocate, fearless fighter | Afro

By Jean Thompson Special to the AFRO James Earl Reid, the sculptor of Baltimore’s celebrated Billie Holiday monument, died of congestive heart failure on July 18, at age 78. Reid will be remembered as a champion for Black artists’ freedom to express their vision of the American experience. In his meticulous attention to artistic detail, […]

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