Rozzell Sykes

Rozzell Sykes (ubochí irí abụọ na isé n'ọnwa Disemba, 1931 rụo ụbọchị irí na asatọ n'ọnwa Disemba, 1994) bụ ónyé America na-ese ihe, nke bi na Los Angeles, California.  A maara ya nkè ọma dị ka onye guzobere St. Elmo Village, ọrụ mmezigharị ọbọdọ.

 Oge ọ malitere 
A mụrụ Rozzell Sykes na Aberdeen, Mississippi, nwa Anna Bell Clay na Cleveland Sykes, ọ bụ ezie na o nyèrè akụkọ dị ichè ichè banyéré mmalite ya kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ, na-ekwukarị banyéré nwata na West Indies.Joe Bingham, "Famed Artist Risks Friendship for Kids," Los Angeles Sentinel (October 26, 1967): D1.  Ọ biri na St. Louis, Missouri na San Diego, California tupu ọ kwaga Los Angeles na 1961.Emanuel Parker, "Artist Rozzell Sykes Services Held," Los Angeles Sentinel (January 5, 1995): A4.

 Ọrụ 
N'etiti afọ 1960, Rozzell Sykes bụ ónyé na-ese ihe na-arụ ọrụ, nke a maara màkà usoro gosipụtara na magazin Life ."Rozzell Sykes Exhibit at DeVoe's Studios," Los Angeles Sentinel (October 14, 1965): C4."Sykes Works on Exhibition," Los Angeles Sentinel (April 27, 1967): C9.  N'afọ 1969, ya na nwa nwanne ya nwoke Roderick Sykes nwetara obéré ìgwè bungalows n'etiti ọbọdọ Los Angeles, na block puku anọ na narị asatọ nke St. Elmo Drive ebe ha bi, iji chekwaa ebe obibi ma melite agbata obi dị ka nnwale okike.Claudia Luther, "St. Elmo's Village:  It's a Spectrum of Artistic Expression," Los Angeles Times (January 11, 1974): C1.Jack Smith, "A Sykes for Sore Eyes," Los Angeles Times (June 1, 1975): f1.  E debanyere aha ọbọdọ St. Elmo na 1971, ma gosipụta ọhụụ Sykes nke ebe ọdịbendị mara mma, nke nwere ọtụtụ agbụrụ. Rozzell Sykes mere ọtụtụ nnukwu mgbidi màkà Ọbọdọ ahụ, ma nweta ego site n'enyemaka nke Tom Bradley, onye kansụl ọbọdọ n'oge ahụ. "Echeghị m na o kwere ka ihe ọ bụla ghara ịbụ ihe e sere ese", ka Bradley kwuru n'afọ 1995. "Ọ bụ nwoke nwere ọhụụ pụrụ iche. Ọ na-ekwukarị na ọ dịghị mkpa ma ị bi na igbe akpụkpọ ụkwụ ma ọ bụ nnukwu ụlọ, ị nwere ike ịbụ ihe niile ị chọrọ ịbụ. "Leslie Berenstein, "Hundreds of Mourners Praise Creator of St. Elmo Village: At Service in His Honor, The Artist is Remembered for his Philosophy of 'Making the Best of What You've Got,'" Los Angeles Times (January 8, 1995). Mpaghara ahụ ghọrọ ebe a na-eme emume St. Elmo kwa afọ, nke Rozzell Sykes haziri iji mee ka a mara ọrụ ahụ ma mee emume nka.Nick Brown, "St. Elmo Festival Set," Los Angeles Sentinel (May 22, 1980): A4.Lisa Ndbumoto, "St. Elmo Village Holds 'Art of Survival' Festival," Los Angeles Sentinel (May 24, 1990): A3.

Roderick na Rozzell Sykes natara onyinye Human Rights Award site n'aka ndị Baha'is nke Los Angeles County na 1971, n'ịgbaso Ụbọchị Ikike Mmadụ nke United Nations, màkà ọrụ ha na St. Elmo Village."LA Baha'is to Present Awards," Los Angeles Sentinel (December 9, 1971): C8.

 Ndụ onwe onye na ihe nketa 
Ọ lụrụ Erma Sykes, ónyé nọọsụ, di na nwunye ahụ zụlitere ụmụ ise ọnụ, n'etiti ha bụ ónyé na-emepụta egwu Benny Medina.Burt A. Folkart, "Rozzell Sykes: Artist Founded St. Elmo's," Los Angeles Times (December 25, 1994).Laura B. Randolph, "The Real-Life Fresh Prince of Bel Air," Ebony (April 1991): 30-34.

Ọ nwụrụ na ngwụcha afọ 1994, mgbè ọ dị afọ iri isii na atọ.  E mere emume olili ozu ya na First African Methodist Episcopal Church nke Los Angeles.Leslie Berenstein, "Hundreds of Mourners Praise Creator of St. Elmo Village: At Service in His Honor, The Artist is Remembered for his Philosophy of 'Making the Best of What You've Got,'" Los Angeles Times (January 8, 1995).Emanuel Parker, "Artist Rozzell Sykes Services Held," Los Angeles Sentinel (January 5, 1995): A4. Ọbọdọ́ St. Elmo ka na-arụsi ọrụ ike dị ka oghere nka, n'okpuru ónyé nduzi Roderick Sykes."St. Elmo Village A Credit to Human Spirit," Los Angeles Sentinel (December 15, 2005): B4.

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