Althea Simmons
April 17, 1924 – September 13, 1990 Lawyer / Activist [...]
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson
December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950 Historian / Author [...]
Sharon Pratt Dixon-Kelly
Born January 30, 1944 Attorney / Politician (3rd Mayor of Washington [...]
Zora Neale Hurston
January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960 Anthropologist / Author [...]
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, III
January 18, 1856 – August 4, 1931 Surgeon / Hospital [...]
Deborah “Debbie” Kaye Allen
Born January 16, 1950 Artist (Actress / Dancer / Choreographer [...]
(Lawrence) Douglas Wilder
Born January 17, 1931 Soldier / Attorney / Politician (66th Governor [...]
Earl Gilbert Graves, Sr.
January 9, 1935 – April 6, 2020 Entrepreneur / Philanthropist / [...]
Maxie Cleveland “Max” Robinson, Jr.
May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988 Journalist / News [...]
Marie Frankie Muse Freeman
November 24, 1916 – January 12, 2018 Attorney / Federal [...]