Community Organizer
María Elena Moyano Delgado (1958-1992)
María Elena Moyano Delgado was an Afro-Peruvian community organizer and mother whose assassination by the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) sparked...
George A. Ramsey (1889-1963)
San Diego businessman and community leader George Ramsey was born in Pasadena, California, one of eight children of George S....
Gordon McHenry Jr. (1957- )
Image Courtesy of Seattle University Gordon McHenry is a contemporary community leader in Seattle’s non-profit social services institutions. McHenry’s father,...
Tarea Hall Pittman (1903-1991)
Tarea (Ty) Hall Pittman was a civil rights worker, social worker, and community activist. Born in Bakersfield, California in 1903,...
Marie Laveaux (1801-1881)
Few lives in African American history are surrounded by more myth and misinformation than the life of Marie Laveaux. Although...
Maggie Lena Walker (1864-1934)
Maggie Lena Mitchell was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 15, 1864. Walker’s mother, Elizabeth Draper, was an assistant cook...
Vivian Osborne Marsh (1897-1986)
Vivian Osborne Marsh was a community activist and government official, becoming one of the most influential African Americans in the...
