Keith Boykin

Keith Boykin

male, 44 years old
My Two Cents, Harvard Law School alumni, bet, American University faculty and staff, LGBTAfricanAmerican, reality TV participant…American, African American, American University
Keith Boykin (born August 28 1965) is an American broadcaster, author and commentator. He is co-host of the BET TV talk show "My Two Cents".
Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin

male, deceased (1987)
African American, quaker, earlier, nonviolent resistance, African Americans' rights activist, nonviolence…LGBT rights activist, African-American, Christian LGBT, American, LGBTAfricanAmerican
Bayard Rustin was an African-American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and...
Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

female, deceased (1992)
lesbian, Harlem, Feminist, African American, poet, librarian…LGBT rights activist, American, LGBTAfricanAmerican
Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 in Harlem, New York City - November 17, 1992) was a writer, poet and activist.
Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan

female, deceased (1996)
Boston University, From Houston, LGBTAfricanAmerican, Member of Congress, from the United States, Texas House of Representatives…LGBT politician, African American in the United States Congress, African American, American
Barbara Charline Jordan was an American politician from Texas. She served as a Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from...
Alice Walker

Alice Walker

female, 65 years old
author, poet, Feminist, African American, African-American, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner…LGBT writer, LGBT Native American, LGBTAfricanAmerican, American, Native American
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her...
Maya Keyes

Maya Keyes

female, 24 years old
senatorial, African American, Brown University alumni, politician, Gay Republican, US senator…LGBTAfricanAmerican, American pro-life activist, Christian LGBT, Indian American, LGBT rights activist
Maya J. Marcel-Keyes, more commonly known as Maya Keyes (born May 23, 1985), is an American political activist and daughter of United States...
James Baldwin

James Baldwin

male, deceased (1987)
James Arthur Baldwin, buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, American expatriate in France, Bisexual, from the United States, Bisexual writer…African-American, American, LGBTAfricanAmerican, African American
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and essayist, best known for his novel "Go Tell It on the...
Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey

male, deceased (1989)
African American, dancer, AIDS-related death, Spingarn Medal winner, creation of the world, modern dance…American, LGBTAfricanAmerican
Alvin Ailey, Jr. (January 5, 1931 - December 1, 1989) was an African American modern dancer and choreographer who founded the Alvin Ailey American...
Nell Carter

Nell Carter

female, deceased (2003)
Jewish person, death from cardiovascular disease, LGBT, musician, diabetic, television actor…African-American, Jewish American, American, LGBTAfricanAmerican, Bisexual American actor
Nell Carter (September 13, 1948 - January 23, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning American singer and film, stage, and television actress.
Pokey Chatman

Pokey Chatman

female, 40 years old
SEC Tournament title in 1991, 1991 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament, LSU Lady Tigers basketball, LGBTAfricanAmerican, LSU Lady Tigers basketball coach, gunter…American
Dana "Pokey" Chatman (born June 18, 1969 in Ama, Louisiana) is the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team. After taking over from...