Octavia Butler (1947-2006)
American science fiction writer and novelist. Butler was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship grant in 1995, and in 2000, she won a PEN American Center lifetime achievement award. (Read biography)
Kindred (2003; science fiction classic originally published 1979)
Kindred (graphic novel adaption of the science fiction classic)
Families of Orphans: Relation and Disrelation in Octavia Butler's Kindred (Journal article)
Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs
Gibbs has "transformed the cultural landscape of Boston through graffiti art since 1991." He co-founded Artists for Humanity in 1991. This organization works helps youth to develop their creative skills. Awards include 2006 Graffiti Artist of the Year award from the Mass Industry Committee, the Goodnight Initiative’s Civic Artist Award, and Hero Among Us award by the Celtics. (Artist Web Site )
Works include Martin Luther King Junior and Coretta Scott King in Roxbury Love Story, a brother and sister in Breathe Life, and a mural at Black Market Nubian.