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Kinsey, Bernard print view role Collector dates 1943- city Los Angeles state CA other cities West Palm Beach, FL; sex M historical notes Bernard Kinsey is an art collector and philanthropist who was born on September 20, 1943, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He graduated from Florida A&M University in 1967 and was hired as the first African American sales representative for Humble Oil Company. Kinsey later worked at Xerox Corporation and became its vice president within ten years. In 1992, he became the chief operating officer and co-chairman of Rebuild Los Angeles, where he generated over $380 million dollars in investments for inner-city Los Angeles. Kinsey currently serves as the president of KBK Enterprises, a management consulting firm, and is a recognized expert and leader in the field of urban revitalization and economic development. Along with his wife Shirley, the Kinseys have become known for their collection of African-American art, books, and manuscripts that document and tell the story of African American triumphs and struggles from 1600 to present. “The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey – Where Art and History Intersect” has been on national tour to six cities and opened at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, on October 12, 2010. The collection was chosen by the Florida Department of Education as the curriculum to teach African American studies to 3.6 million children statewide. updated 10/31/2024 13:33:25 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details The HistoryMakers® 1900 S. Michigan Avenue The HistoryMakers ® Video Oral History with Bernard Kinsey see details... Loyola Marymount University William H. Hannon Library Rebuild LA Collection see details... Loyola Marymount University William H. Hannon Library Which Way, LA? Collection see details... Library of Congress Manuscript Division Voices of Civil Rights Project collection see details... Loyola Marymount University William H. Hannon Library KCET-TV Collection of "Life and Times" video recordings see details... see also: Kinsey, Shirley «  back