W. E. B. du Bois

W. E. B. du Bois

male, deceased (1963)
from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, separatism, writer, historian, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…Harvard University alumni, university of massachusetts amherst, FiskUniversityalumni, wilberforce university
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced) (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist,...
John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin

male, 94 years old
Duke University faculty, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, American, FiskUniversityalumni, Duke Law School Faculty, American Historical Association…Duke University, Harvard University alumni
John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a United States historian and past president of the American Historical Association. Professor...
George Padmore

George Padmore

male, deceased (1959)
Trinidad and Tobago writer, Pan-Africans, african, Harvard Law School, writer, communist…Fisk University, Howard University, New York University, Howard University alumni, FiskUniversityalumni
George Padmore (1902-1959), born Malcolm Nurse, was a Trinidadian communist and later a leading Pan-Africanist with anti-communist sympathies....
David Levering Lewis

David Levering Lewis

male, 73 years old
W.E.B. Du Bois, for Biography or Autobiography, Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Arkansas writer, FiskUniversityalumni, New York writer…Rutgers University faculty, Alumni of the London School of Economics
David Levering Lewis is an American historian and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, for part one and part two...
John Lewis

John Lewis

male, 69 years old
COINTELPRO target, from Alabama, American anti Iraq War activist, segregation, American Civil Rights Movement, racial segregation…FiskUniversityalumni
John Robert Lewis is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was chairman of the Student...
James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson

male, deceased (1938)
Fisk University, American road accident victim, African American, poet, novelist, Columbia University alumni…New York University, FiskUniversityalumni, Clark Atlanta University alumni
James Weldon Johnson was a leading American author, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights...
Alcee Hastings

Alcee Hastings

male, 73 years old
Fisk University, Florida A&M University, Democrat, Political corruption, House of Representatives, Miramar…JD Florida A&M University 1963, JD Florida A&M University, BA Fisk University 1958, BA Fisk University, Howard University alumni
Alcee Hastings - Alcee Lamar Hastings (born September 5, 1936), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of...
Roland Hayes

Roland Hayes

male, deceased (1976)
Fisk University, FiskUniversityalumni, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Philadelphia Concert Orchestra, Washington Conservatory, Amanda Ira Aldridge
Roland Hayes (3 June 1887-1 January 1977), a lyric tenor, is considered the first African American male concert artist to receive wide...
Constance Baker Motley

Constance Baker Motley

female, deceased (2005)
death by myocardial infarction, historically black college, Columbia Law School, NAACP, FiskUniversityalumni, nevis…Columbia Law School alumni, University of Mississippi, New York University, Fisk University
Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921-28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator. She...
Marion Barry

Marion Barry

male, 73 years old
Rotten.com, From Memphis, Tennessee, African American, Eagle Scouts, Psychoactive drug, perjuror…FiskUniversityalumni
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (born March 6, 1936) is an American politician who served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia from...