Action Program for incorporating African-American history into her art (2003); a Drylongso Award, which honors African Americans for combating racism (2004); and the Renaissance Living Legend Award from the Boston Renaissance Charter School (2005). Cunningham died on August 19, 2020 at the age of 71. References External links 1949 births 2020 deaths Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni American women sculptors African-American sculptors Artists from New York City Artists from Boston Sculptors from Massachusetts 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American sculptors 21st-century American women artists Sculptors from New York (state) 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American artists 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American artists