Jolie Christine Rickman
Jolie Christine Rickman (July 9, 1970 – January 19, 2005) was an American feminist, humanitarian, social activist, and musician. She released three full-length recordings independently and was renowned for performing political songs condemning homophobia and racism. Background Born in Los Angeles, California, she suffered juvenile onset macular degeneration and was pronounced legally blind by the time she was eleven years old. In 1988, she graduated with honors from Harold L. Richards High School, Richards High School in Oak Lawn. Four years later, she graduated summa cum laude with a Political Science degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Rickman spent her third year of undergraduate studies at the University of New South Wales, where she returned after graduation, for an academic internship. Throughout her childhood, Rickman sang and wrote song lyrics, participating in school then civic musical theatre productions. It was while she was in Austr ...
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