Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977 Activist / Political [...]
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.
Born March 12, 1932 Politician / Diplomat / Activist Andrew [...]
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 Author (Playwright) / [...]
Dr. William E.B. Du Bois
February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 Author / Scholar [...]
Frances E. Watkins Harper
September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911 Writer / Poet [...]
Rosa Parks
February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005 Civil Rights Icon [...]
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938 Historian / Writer [...]
Lt. Willa Beatrice Brown
January 22, 1906 – July 18, 1992 Educator / Soldier [...]
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Clergy / Activist [...]
Mary Ellen Pleasant
August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904 Entrepreneur / Business [...]