Barbara Ward Armstrong

Barbara Ward Armstrong

BARBARA WARD ARMSTRONG Barbara Ward Armstrong was an innovative artist whose life-sized African-inspired multi-textured fabric sculptures, called “soft sculptures,” redefined 20th century artforms. Her work has been exhibited at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and Museum...
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes Cheryl Townsend Gilkes is an ordained Baptist minister who serves as assistant pastor for special projects at Cambridge’s Union Baptist Church.  Cheryl was born in Boston in 1947 to Murray and Eve-lyn Townsend. The family soon moved to Putnam...
Olive Benson

Olive Benson

Olive Benson Olive Battle Benson was an innovative hair-care entrepreneur. She believed that healthy hair was beautiful hair, regardless of length, thickness, or texture. She researched ingredients and processes and in 1996 debuted her own line, Universal Textures,...
Johnny Hodges

Johnny Hodges

Johnny Hodges Few musicians can be identified by the sound of a single note—Johnny Hodges was one. A master of both the soprano and alto saxophone, he dominated the jazz world for decades. “ Duke Ellington, who led the orchestra in which Hodges played most often, said...
Saundra Graham

Saundra Graham

Saundra Graham 1941–2023 We are saddened by the news of Saundra’s passing on June 23, 2023. Please join us in honoring her memory as an ardent community organizer, visionary leader, proactive public servant and staunch defender of human rights. The first Cambridge...