Ringgold enrolled in New York's City College as an Art Education major
Ringgold earned her bachelor's in Fine Arts and Education
Started teaching art in New York public schools
Began the American People painting series which portrays the civil rights movement from a female perspective
First solo show at the Spectrum Gallery
Arrested for desecrating the American flag as a part of The People’s Flag Show
Began lecturing at feminist art conferences
Collaborated with her daughter to found the advocacy group Women Students and Artists for Black Art Liberation
Quit teaching in New York Public Schools
She was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
Began working on her Story Quilts series
Began teaching at the University of California
Received the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Ringgold wrote Tar Beach
Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award
Recieved the Caldecott Medal
Received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators
Received the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards for Picture Book
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children's
Serpentine Gallery in London & BBC Documentary
Serpentine Gallery in London organized a traveling survey of Faith Ringgold's work. BBC produced a full-length documentary, Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
“Faith Ringgold: American People.” exhibit at the New Museum, NYC