Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman

female, 70 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939, in Bennettsville, South Carolina) is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president...
Johnnetta B. Cole

Johnnetta B. Cole

female, 73 years old (Greensboro, North Carolina, United States)
Known to many of Spelman College's extended family as Sister President, Johnnetta Cole is the first black woman to lead the nation's oldest college...

John Hope

male, deceased (1936)
John Hope (June 2, 1868 - February 20, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an African-American educator and political activist. He was the son of...
Tina McElroy Ansa

Tina McElroy Ansa

female, 60 years old (San Diego, United States)
Tina McElroy Ansa is a novelist, publisher, filmmaker, teacher and journalist. But above all, she is a storyteller. She calls herself "part of a...

Latanya Richardson

female, 60 years old
Latanya Richardson (born 1949 ((although her profile on imdb.com says she was born in 1941)) in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actress. She...
Bernice Johnson Reagon

Bernice Johnson Reagon

female, 67 years old
Bernice Johnson Reagon is a composer, singer, historian, and author specializing in African American oral, performance, and protest traditions. She...

John Wesley Dobbs

male, deceased (1961)
John Wesley Dobbs (December 3, 1882 - August 21, 1961) was considered the unofficial mayor of Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, GA, and the...
Keshia Knight Pulliam

Keshia Knight Pulliam

female, 30 years old
Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, USA) is an American actress.
Toni Cade Bambara

Toni Cade Bambara

female, deceased (1995) (Claremont, California, United States)
Toni Cade Bambara (March 25, 1939 - December 9, 1995) was an American author, social activist, and college professor. Bambara grew up in Harlem,...