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The Sentinel has learned that Ruth G. Waddy, artist and black art activist died May 24 after a long illness.
Waddy was born Jan. 7, 1909 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Willie Anna Choran and John Moses Gilliam. She was named Willanna Ruth Gilliam.
Waddy graduated from Central High School, and attended the University of Minnesota from 1927-1928. She later moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1929 intending to complete...