Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

male, deceased (1993)
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to becoming a...
Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas

male, 61 years old
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991....
Johnnie Cochran

Johnnie Cochran

male, deceased (2005)
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. (October 2, 1937 - March 29, 2005) was a defense attorney best known for his role in the legal defense for O.J. Simpson...
Anita Hill

Anita Hill

female, 53 years old
Anita F. Hill (born July 30, 1956) is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University at the Heller School for Social...
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

male (Kenya)
Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961 is the President-elect of the United States of America. The first African American to be elected...
John Conyers

John Conyers

male, 80 years old (Detroit, Michigan, United States)
John Conyers, Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is a U.S. Congressman representing Michigan's 14th congressional district, which includes all of Highland...
Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick

male, 53 years old
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician and the current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On November 7,...
Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

female, deceased (2005)
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for...
Scipio Africanus Jones

Scipio Africanus Jones

male, deceased (1943)
Scipio Africanus Jones (1863-1943) was an African American educator, attorney, judge, philanthropist, and Republican politician from the state of...
Christopher Darden

Christopher Darden

male, 53 years old
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer and fifteen-year veteran of the LA County District Attorney's office. He was,...