Early life
She was born on October 22, 1944, in Brinkley, Arkansas, to mother Addie (née Murph) and father Wesley E. Hayes, Sr. She attended secondary school at Horace Mann High School, where she graduated with honors. She went on to attend Howard University, where she met her husband, Donald S. Benjamin, a graphic artist and community activist.Publications
Benjamin wrote the book ''The Life and Art of Lois Mailou Jones'', published by Pomegranate Artbooks, and had published over 20 articles and exhibition catalog essays including ''Profiles of Eleven African-American Artists'' and ''The Image of Women in the Work of Charles White'', ''Three Generations of African American Women Sculptors: A Study in Paradox'', an exhibition she also co-curated.Awards and honors
Benjamin received honors and awards for her scholarship including the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010; the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship-in-Residence award; and also from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a fellowship for Faculty of Historical Black Colleges.References
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