Lorna L.P. Pinckney

Portrait Courtesy of Meredith Carrington and Barry O'Keefe

LORNA PINCKNEY PLACE
2nd Street from Broad Street to Marshall Street

Lorna Pinckney was born on July 12, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York to Benjamin and Eleanor Pinckney. She attended the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art before relocating to Richmond, Virginia to attend Virginia Union University – and later Virginia Commonwealth University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and advertising. During her studies, she led the Black student union and newspaper called The Vine. She gained prominence for her open mic series, Tuesday Verses, which began at Tropical Soul – before transitioning to Addis Ethiopian. She departed on October 5, 2017 and is buried in Pinelawn Memorial Park in New York.