Matthew Goldstein

male
Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of the City University of New York, says SUNY could excel by perfecting a new model of higher education. Rather than...
Leonard Jeffries

Leonard Jeffries

male, 72 years old
Leonard Jeffries (born January 19, 1937) is an American professor in the Black Studies department at the City College in Harlem who achieved...
Robert F. Wagner

Robert F. Wagner

male, deceased (1953)
Robert Ferdinand Wagner was a Democratic United States Senator from New York from 1927 until 1949. He was born in Nastätten, Province H...
Irving Howe

Irving Howe

male, deceased (1993)
Irving Howe (June 11, 1920 - May 5, 1993), was American literary and social critic. He was born as Irving Horenstein in New York, as a son of...

Michael Sorkin

male
Michael Sorkin (1948, Washington, D.C. -) Michael Sorkin, is the President/ Founder of Terreform in New York City, a nonprofit organization devoted...
Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

male, 89 years old
Ravi Shankar ("Robi Shôngkor", (born April 7, 1920, in Benares, United Provinces, British India) is an Indian composer best known for his v...
Paul Weiss

Paul Weiss

male, deceased (2002)
Paul Weiss was an American philosopher, known for his work in metaphysics and for his efforts to reverse age discrimination policies at American...
Michele Wallace

Michele Wallace

female, 57 years old
Michele Wallace is a feminist author and daughter of artist Faith Ringgold. She became famous in 1979 when, at age 27, she published "Black Macho...