Benny Andrews

Benny Andrews

(1930-2006)

Benny Andrews championed African American Life and stories in his art, Studied Art Institute of Chicago. Taught Queens College, New York University, 1968-1997. He was a member of the National Academy of Design and studied at the Brandywine Workshop.rapture, believers go straight to heaven, while nonbelievers are left behind to undergo a period of political chaos and personal torment.

One contributor to the hashtag recalls that the anticipation of the rapture led some people in her community to max out their credit cards, believing that the rapture would come before payment was due. Another recalls the terror she felt when her parents forgot to pick her up from a junior high school soccer practice and she became convinced that they had been raptured, leaving her behind to face tribulations alone. The writer D.L. Mayfield recalls how she never made college plans, as she was convinced the rapture would come before she turned 16.

this really is how I grew up. Prepared for the end times. Never thought I