Ella Baker

Ella Baker

female, deceased (1986)
COINTELPRO target W.E.B. DuBois martin luther king jr. African American great depression Works Progress Administration
Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 - December 13, 1986) was an African American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s.... More
George Padmore

George Padmore

male, deceased (1959)
Trinidad and Tobago writer Pan-Africans african Harvard Law School writer communist
George Padmore (1902-1959), born Malcolm Nurse, was a Trinidadian communist and later a leading Pan-Africanist with anti-communist sympathies.... More
Charles S. Johnson

Charles S. Johnson

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

Pauline Hopkins

female, deceased (1930)
American women writer slavery novelist writer Playwright oxford university press
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 - August 13, 1930) was a prominent early African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, and editor. She is... More
Alain Leroy Locke

Alain Leroy Locke

male, deceased (1954)
Harvard University Howard University African American writer Phi Beta Sigma brother Educator
Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1886 - June 9, 1954) was an African American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best... More
Mum Bett

Mum Bett

female, deceased (1829)
W.E.B. DuBois from Berkshire County, Massachusetts slave abolition of slavery American all men are created equal
Mum Bett, later known as Elizabeth Freeman, was born to New York slaves in Claverack, New York, circa 1742. At the age of six months she and her... More
Jan Carew

Jan Carew

male, 88 years old
Princeton University London University Charles University Guyanese Illinois Wesleyan W.E.B. DuBois
Jan Rynveld Carew (born 24 September, 1920 in Agricola, Guyana) is a novelist, playwright, poet and educator. Born 24 September, 1920 at Agricola,... More
Sheree Thomas

Sheree Thomas

female
Memphis Sheree R. Thomas Sheree Renée Thomas Washington Post Book World George S. Schuyler W.E.B. DuBois
"Sheree Thomas" also credited as "Sheree R. Thomas" and "Sheree Renée Thomas" is a writer, book editor and publisher whose groundbreaking Dark M... More
Joel Elias Spingarn

Joel Elias Spingarn

male, deceased (1939)
Columbia University African American from New York City Educator spingarn medal Spingarn Medal winner
Joel Elias Spingarn (May 17,1875 - July 26,1939) was an American educator and literary critic. Spingarn was born in New York City. He was professor... More

William Mandel

male, deceased (2006)
Soviet Women Kremlinology Saying No To Power African Americans' rights activist tax resister In Battle for Peace
William "Bill" Mandel, born June 4, 1917 in New York City, is a broadcast journalist, political activist, and author of many books, including... More