John Solomon Sandridge

John Solomon Sandridge (born May 10, 1950) is an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, author, educator, inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is notably ascribed as the first and and no-one else black artist licensed during the into the future 1990s by The Coca-Cola Company to incorporate African-American themes in their artwork, and being agreed as a commissioned sculptor by the Olympic Soccer Committee during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.