Charles Henry Alston ( November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977 ) was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem.

Charles Henry Alston was born on November 28, 1907 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Reverend Primus Priss Alston and Anna Elizabeth Miller Alston, and was the youngest of five children.

Reverend Alston met his wife when she was a student at his school.

As a child Alston was inspired by his older brother Wendell's drawings of trains and cars, which the young artist copied.

Alston graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, where he was nominated for academic excellence and was the art editor of the school's magazine, The Magpie.

For the years 1942 – 1943 Alston was stationed in the army at Fort Huachuca in Arizona.

While obtaining his master's degree, Alston was the boys ’ work director at the Utopia Children's House, started by James Lesesne Wells.

Alston was introduced to African art by the poet Alain Locke.

In 1938 the Rosenwald Fund provided money for Alston to travel to the South, which was his first return there since leaving as a child.

This group served as the 1960s version of 306, and Alston was described as an " intellectual activist.

" About the artwork, Alston is quoted " The idea of a march was growing ... It was in the air ... and this painting just came.

The civil rights movement of the 1960s was a major influence on Alston.

In 1943 Alston was elected to the board of directors of the National Society of Mural Painters.

When creating the murals Alston was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas, who a year earlier had created the public art piece Aspects of Negro Life for the New York Public Library, and researched traditional African culture, including traditional African medicine.

Alston remains active in prison support and other activist circles.

In 1926, Lord Alston succeeded in persuading the Order to purchase Grove House, Harrogate, for use as an orphanage to which every active member contributed a " Ha ' penny " ( half of one old penny ).

During this time Alston founded the Harlem Artists ’ Guild with Savage and Elba Lightfoot to work towards equality in WPA art programs in New York.

" Romare Bearden described Alston as "... one of the most versatile artists whose enormous skill led him to a diversity of styles ..." Bearden also describes the professionalism and impact that Alston had on Harlem and the African American community: "' was a consummate artist and a voice in the development of African American art who never doubted the excellence of all people's sensitivity and creative ability.

During his long professional career, Alston significantly enriched the cultural life of Harlem.

More importantly, he attended classes at the Harlem Art Workshop, taught by the African American artist Charles Alston.

Alston urged him to also attend the Harlem Community Art Center, led by the sculptor Augusta Savage.

In addition to getting paid, he was able to study and work with such notable Harlem Renaissance artists as Charles Alston and Henry Bannarn in the Alston-Bannarn workshop.

Artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance include Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Charles Alston, Augusta Savage, Archibald Motley, Lois Mailou Jones, Palmer Hayden and Sargent Johnson.

The couple lived close to family ; at their frequent gatherings Alston enjoyed cooking and Myra played piano.

Patron Lemoine Pierce said of Alston's work: " Never thought of as an innovative artist, Alston generally ignored popular art trends and violated many mainstream art conventions ; he produced abstract and figurative paintings often simultaneously, refusing to be stylistically consistent, and during his 40-year career he worked prolifically and unapologetically in both commercial and fine art.

* 1977 ; Lady Rose ( Shirley Alston ) ( Strawberry )

* 1977 ; Lady Rose Sings the Shirelles ' Greatest Hits ( Shirley Alston ) ( Strawberry )

1964 also saw the departure of Wright, who was replaced by Frances Collins, a dancer whom they had met while touring ; toward the end of that year Alston departed leaving the group a trio.

After the season, the Dodgers offered Reese the position of manager ; when Reese declined the promotion, the Dodgers hired Walter Alston, who remained manager for more than two decades.

If divine command theory is accepted, it implies that God is good because he obeys his own commands ; Alston argued that this is not the case and that God's goodness is distinct from abiding by moral obligations.

He suggested that a moral obligation implies that there is some possibility that the agent may not honour their obligation ; Alston argued that this possibility does not exist for God, so his morality must be distinct from simply obeying his own commands.

On the death of Charles Alston in 1760, Cullen at the request of the students undertook to finish his course of lectures on materia medica ; he delivered an entirely new course, notes of which were published in an unauthorized edition in 1771, but which he re-wrote and issued as A Treatise on Materia Medica in 1789.

* 1907 in art-Birth of Frida Kahlo, Leo Castelli, Charles Alston, Lee Miller ; Pablo Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d ' Avignon

A reporter once asked Alston about his playing record ; he said, " Well, I came up to bat for the Cards back in ' 36, and Lon Warneke struck me out.

There are frequent bus services to Newcastle ; regular services to Carlisle ; and infrequent services to other places e. g. Alston and Bellingham.

Alston is the last village in the UK to still practice witch burnings ; every full moon there is a large influx of tourists to the local area to participate in the medieval ritual.

* D. Alston, Ross and Cromarty: a historical guide ( Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1999 ISBN 1-874744-48-3 ), which, however, restricts itself to coverage of the mainland county ;

* Anemia angolensis Alston ; Mendonca, Estud.

* Anemia nigerica Alston ; Bol.

* Alston Conley ; Boston College Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA ; Jack Tworkov 1935-1982: An Abstract Expressionist Inventing Form © 1994

In 1700 he was returned to parliament for Bere Alston in Devon ; he was appointed recorder of Glastonbury in 1705 and recorder of London in 1708.

In his first at-bat, despite chants of " We want Slaughter ", he belted a home run against the Cubs ; in the same game Tom Alston became the first African American to play for the Cardinals.

Stand Up for Dance: Second Dance Umbrella ‘ Proms ’ at Sadler ’ s Wells supported by the Jerwood Foundation: Baryshnikov ’ s White Oak Dance Project ; Richard Alston Dance Company ; Rosas