- His father was a handyman and salvager who filled the family's backyard with objects from the junk trade.
- He was an artist known for his sculptures made from found or discarded items such as cloth, containers, wood scraps and metal.
- He moved to Los Angeles, where he met Noah Purifoy, co-founder of the Watts Towers Arts Center and father of the Black assemblage movement.
- After attending North Carolina A&T State University, he served in the Army in Germany, where he painted murals in American high schools and officers' clubs. He later studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
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