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Profile: Patrick Robinson (1966-)

Patrick Robinson is an American fashion designer who has worked for Giorgio Armani, Anne Klein, Perry Ellis, Paco Rabanne and Gap. A graduate from Parsons School of Design, Robinson has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) since 1994 and was named one of Vogue’s 100 rising stars. During his 5-year tenure at Armani, he managed to turn the brand’s ailing “Giorgio Armani Collezioni” line profitable. He would later help Gap in its turn around. Continue reading Profile: Patrick Robinson (1966-)

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Profile: PHILIP ALEXANDER BELL (1808-1889)

Black journalist Philip Alexander Bell was born in 1808 in New York City, New York and cut his political teeth in early abolitionist politics in the Northeast. Bell attended Colored Citizens Conventions as early as 1830 and established his first newspaper, the Weekly Advocate, in 1837 after working for William Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator. Continue reading Profile: PHILIP ALEXANDER BELL (1808-1889)

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Profile: John N. Robinson (1912-1994)

John N. Robinson was an African-American artist who lived and worked in Washington, D.C. He made realist paintings showing the people and places of his family home, his neighborhood, and the city in which he lived. Called “quiet and conscientious” and praised for works of “sincerity and humility,” he was particularly noted for portraits that showed his sitters in a way that successfully revealed their individual character. Continue reading Profile: John N. Robinson (1912-1994)

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