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.
Nick Penniman Nick Penniman Nick Penniman is the co-founder and CEO of Issue One, an American nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen American democracy and government ethics. Previously, Penniman was executive director of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which he founded with Arianna Huffington in 2009. Supported by large foundations and The Huffington Post, the operation established a multi-media newsroom of journalists. It was profiled in media publications, including the "American Journalism Review" and the "Columbia Journalism Review". In 2011, it merged with the Center for Public Integrity. Penniman founded the American News Project, an early experiment into online video journalism