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Educator, Lecturer and Fiber ArtistDr. Marlene Linton O’Bryant-Seabrook, a third generationeducator, holds a BS from South Carolina State College,MAT from The Citadel, and Ph.D. from the University ofSouth Carolina. She was a classroom teacher, centralstaff administrator, and, in 1975, became the first AfricanAmerican and one of only two women on The Citadel’spermanent faculty.Dr. O’Bryant-Seabrook had no familial quilters, took an eightweek quilting class in the 1980s and became a nationallyexhibited quilter in 1992. Certified by the South CarolinaState Department in Elementary Education, MentallyHandicapped, Learning Disabilities, Psychology, andElementary Administration, she approaches quilting from thedual focus of an educator and an artist. She substitutes fabricand thread for canvas and oils to create original art quilts.The educator in her, either subtly or overtly, slips “lessons”into her quilts: love of God, family, children; pride in heritage;respect for accomplishments, etc.She has lectured nationally, including American Folk Art Museum (NY) and Cleveland Museum of Art (OH). Her work,shown in several magazines and thirteen books, has been exhibited across the U.S., including twice at The Smithsonian;and internationally in the Republics of South Africa and Namibia, France, and Japan. She was one of 44 nationallyrecognized fiber artists invited to create a quilt honoring President Obama for an Inaugural exhibition at the WashingtonHistoric Society.Active in community affairs, she is a past Junior Warden of Calvary Episcopal Church and a Life/Golden member of AlphaKappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She served long terms on the Boards of Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture,Hospice of Charleston, and Voorhees College. Present Boards include the International African-American Museum, TwentyPearls Foundation of Charleston, and Avery Research Center.Dr. O’Bryant-Seabrook is the mother of four (one deceased), grandmother of ten, and great-grandmother of two.

AFRICANAMERICANHISTORY CALENDARLearn more about the people featured in this calendar at www.scafricanamerican.comSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 2 3 4Whitney Young namedexecutive director of theNational Urban Leaguein 1961Benjamin E. Mays was bornin 1895James Baldwin, writer, wasborn in 1924The Congress of AfricanPeoples convention was heldin Atlanta in 19705 6 7 8 9 10 11“Long” John Woodruff wonan Olympic gold medal in the800-meter run in 1936Edwin Moses and EvelynAshford won gold medals inOlympic track & field in 1984Voting Rights Act signed byPresident Johnson in 1965Ralph J. Bunche, diplomat andfirst African American winnerof the Nobel Peace Prize, wasborn in 1904Matthew A. Henson, explorerand first to reach the NorthPole, was born in 1865Jesse Owens won fourOlympic gold medals in 1936Clarence C. White, composerand violinist, died in 1880Thaddeus Stevens,abolitionist, died in 186812 13 14 15 16 17 18Frederick Douglass’ home inWashington D.C. was declareda national shrine in 1922Baltimore Afro-AmericanNewspaper was foundedin 1892Ernest Everett Just, scientist,was born in 1883Liberia established by freedAmerican slaves in 1824Louis Lomax, author, was bornin 1922Marcus Garvey was bornin 1887The first African Americanadmitted to the University ofMississippi, James Meredith,graduated in 196319 20 21 22 23 24 25Benjamin Banneker publishedhis first Almanac in 1791Richard Allen chaired the firstNational Negro Convention inPhiladelphia in 1830William “Count” Basie, jazzpianist and musician, wasborn in 1904John Lee Hooker,blues singer and guitarist,was born in 1917National Negro BusinessLeague founded in 1900Edith Sampson was appointedfirst African American delegateto the United Nations by HarryS. Truman, in 1950Brotherhood of Sleeping CarPorters organized in 192526 27 28 29 30 31William Dawson electedBlack Democratic Party vicepresidentialcandidate in 1943 W.E.B. DuBois died in 1963 March on Washington in 1963Charlie “Bird” Parker, jazzmusician, was born in KansasCity in 1920Lt. Col. Guion S. Bluford,Jr. became the first AfricanAmerican astronaut in spacein 1983Eldridge Cleaver was bornin 1935