Sentences with phrase «young members of minority groups»

Now a successful artist he works with young members of minority groups, encouraging their participation in the arts.

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His participation in arts organizations included his role as a founding member of Spiral, an association of African American artists that came together in 1963 to support the civil rights movement; his 1964 appointment as the first art director of the newly established Harlem Cultural Council, a prominent African American advocacy group with several hundred members; and his role in concert with artists Ernest Crichlow and Norman Lewis (with seed money from the Ford Foundation), as a founding member of Cinque Gallery which supported young minority artists.

Members of minority groups in the United States tend to be younger than the rest of the population.