The Murals of Philadelphia
Jack Ramsdale
The Artist Ras Malik
A sharecropper's son, Malik's talent was first discovered by the army, which provided him, through the GI bill, the opportunity to study at the Philadelphia College of Art. He has been with the Mural Arts Program since the late 1980s.
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