Rosa King King went to school with Richard Penniman (Little Richard). Rosa King Rosa King (March 14, 1939 – December 12, 2000) was an American jazz and blues saxophonist and singer who made her fame in Amsterdam. King was born in Macon, Georgia. During her career, she worked with Ben E. King, Cab Calloway, Eric Burdon, and Sly Hampton. Her reputation was boosted by a tenor sax battle with Stan Getz at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1978. She appeared on the TV show "Sesame Street" and in European television shows, as well as the cult film "Comeback" by Eric Burdon.
Leah Penniman Practicing the Agriculture of the Future. YES! Magazine 2015: Living and Learning in Oaxaca, New York Organic News, Volume 33, No 1, Spring 2015: Radical Farmers Use Fresh Food to Fight Racial Injustice.YES! Magazine (Republished in Solutions Journal) 2014: Black and Latino Farmers Immersion. YES! Magazine (Republished 2015 in Urban Food Stories) Leah Penniman Leah Penniman is the Co-Founder, Co-Director and Program Manager of Soul Fire Farm, in Grafton, New York. She is a farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist with over 20 years of experience. Penniman was raised in Massachusetts and began farming as a teenager when she