Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Floyd McKissick
Born: March 9, 1922
Died: April 28, 1991 (aged 69)
Bio: Floyd Bixler McKissick became the first African-American student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Law School. In 1966 he became leader of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, taking over from James L. Farmer, Jr.