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          Ed Dwight

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            Art Brokerage: Ed Dwight African American Artist: b.

            Title: "Charlie Parker" ; Sculpture Medium: Bronze Sculpture ; Dimensions: 34" x 11" ; Retail Price: $35, ; Asking Price: $20,

          • Inspired after creating the sculpture of Brown, Ed realized the value of art in telling the story of the African American experience.
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          • Ed Dwight, Bronze Sculpture of Singer ; Estimate: $ - $1, ; Condition: Condition reports are not provided in catalog descriptions.

            • 1933. Ed Dwight, was born on the outskirts of Kansas City, Kansas in 1933. His father, Ed Dwight, Sr., played second base for the Kansas City Monarchs in baseball's Negro League. Child rearing fell primarily on Ed's Catholic mother, Georgia Baker Dwight, who convinced her son that he could accomplish almost anything.

            Dwight grew up as an avid reader and a talented artist who was mechanically gifted and enjoyed working with his hands.

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            Dwight joined the United States Air Force in 1953, pursuing his dream of flying jet aircraft. He became a USAF test pilot, and in 1961 earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University. At the suggestion of the National Urban League's Whitney M.

            Young, Jr., the Kennedy administration chose Captain Ed Dwight as the first Negro astronaut trainee in 1962. Catapulted to instant fame, he was featured on the cover of Ebony, Jet, Sep