Whitney Young

Whitney Young

male, deceased (1971)
buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Unitarian, From Omaha, Nebraska, American, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Accidental death…NationalUrbanLeague
Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. He spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United...
Countee Cullen

Countee Cullen

male, deceased (1946)
novelist, harlem renaissance, romantic, Romanticism, African-American, gay…NationalUrbanLeague
Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903-January 9, 1946) was an African-American Romantic poet and an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance.
Charles S. Johnson

Charles S. Johnson

male, deceased (1956)
American, race riot, from Virginia, African American, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…NationalUrbanLeague
Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893 - October 27, 1956) was a distinguished American sociologist, first black president of historically black...

Lester Granger

male, deceased (1976)
civil rights movement of the 1960s, from Virginia, U.S. Army, World War I, United States Army, Alpha Phi Alpha brother…NationalUrbanLeague
Lester Blackwell Granger (September 16, 1896 - January 1976) was an African American civic leader who organized the Los Angeles, California,...
Michelle Miller

Michelle Miller

female
NationalUrbanLeague, African American, CBS News, WWL-TV, Up to the Minute, Black Entertainment Television personality
Michelle Miller is an award winning correspondent for CBS News and has served as a substitute anchor on "The CBS Evening News" Weekend Editions and...
Eugene K. Jones

Eugene K. Jones

male, deceased (1954)
Black Cabinet, Alpha Phi Alpha, Cornell University alumni, university of toronto, Alpha Phi Alpha brother, trade union…NationalUrbanLeague
Eugene Kinckle Jones was one the seven founders ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He...
Kumiki Gibson

Kumiki Gibson

female, 50 years old
African American, new york state, lawyer, American, clinton, NationalUrbanLeague
Kumiki Gibson (b. May 24, 1959) is a lawyer of African American descent originally from Buffalo, New York. Gibson was selected as Commissioner of...

J.W. Marriott Jr.

male, 77 years old
Distinguished Eagle Scout, NationalUrbanLeague, National Geographic Society, From Potomac, Maryland, Business Person, Distinguished Eagle Scouts
John Willard "Bill" Marriott, Jr. (b. March 25 1932, Washington, D.C.) is the Chairman and CEO of Marriott International. Marriott is the son of J....

John Edward Jacob

male, 75 years old
Howard University, Kappa Alpha Psi brother, social worker, NationalUrbanLeague, Civil Rights, Reagan administration
John Edward Jacob (born 1934 in Trout, Louisiana) was a U.S. civil rights leader. He served as the president of the National Urban League between...
Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris

female, 45 years old
Stanford University, University of California, Hastings alumni, Indian-American politician, juris doctor, Kamala Devi Harris, breast cancer…NationalUrbanLeague
Kamala Devi Harris (born 1964 in Oakland, California) is the current District Attorney of San Francisco. She is the first woman district attorney...