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Thelma Johnson Streat -LRB- August 12 , 1911 -- May 1959 -RRB- was an African American artist , dancer , and educator , who gained prominence in the 1940s for her art , performance and work to foster inter-cultural understanding and appreciation .. She was born in Yakima , a small agricultural town in Washington State , to artist James Johnson , and his wife Gertrude .. Yakima. Yakima. Washington. Washington ( state ). Her family then moved to Portland , Oregon .. She studied art at the Museum Art School in Portland in the 1930 's .. Museum Art School. Pacific Northwest College of Art