| |  | Maggie Kuhn (August 3, 1905 - April 22, 1995) was born in Buffalo, New York. Her childhood was spent in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as Memphis,... |  | Norman Kenneth Jernigan (November 13, 1926-October 12, 1998) was the longtime leader of the National Federation of the Blind. |  | Ellery Schempp, born Ellory Schempp, is an accomplished physicist who is also famous for being the primary student involved in the landmark 1963... |  | Morris Kight (born November 19, 1919, Comanche County, Texas - died January 19, 2003, Los Angeles, California) was a gay rights pioneer and peace... |  | Sylvia Rae Rivera was a transgender activist. She was a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance and helped... |  | Herbert W. Boyer (b. 1936) is a recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, and co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize and a co-founder... |  | Sharon Sayles Belton (born May 13, 1951) is an American community leader, politician and activist. She was the first African American and the first... |  | Marsha P. Johnson (1945 - July 6, 1992) was an African American transgendered activist and a popular figure in New York City's gay and art scene... |  | The Reverend Michael Louis Pfleger (born May 22, 1949) is a Roman Catholic priest and social activist in Chicago, Illinois. |  | Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. (born August 15, 1935) is a lawyer and business executive in the United States. He served as a close advisor to President... | |
