Gender – Women
Lulu Vere Childers (1870-1946)
Contralto, pianist, pedagogist, administrator, and advocate Lulu Vere Childers had a profound impact on African American Spirituals and European classical...
Savannah Valentine Churchill (1920-1974)
Rhythm and Blues singer Savannah Valentine Churchill surged to national prominence in 1945 with her hit song, “Daddy, Daddy.” Churchill...
Jane Serepta Dean (1848-1913)
Jane Serepta “Jennie” Dean, a former slave, missionary, and pioneering educator, founded the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in...
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore (1910-1986)
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore was a trailblazing figure, a distinguished entrepreneur, and a significant civil rights leader. She was the...
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar (1966- )
Aminatou Ali Ahmed Haidar is a Sahrawi human rights activist and a supporter of the independence of Western Sahara. Haidar...
Bisila Bokoko (1974- )
Bisila Bokoko, the award-winning entrepreneur, philanthropist, women’s advocate, and global leadership speaker, was born Bisila África Bokoko Toichoa in Valencia,...
Inez Beverly Prosser (1895-1934)
Inez Beverly Prosser was a teacher, school administrator, psychologist, and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in...
Martine Watkins (1980 -)
Martine Watkins, born in June 1980, became the first biracial mayor of Santa Cruz City, California, in 2020 and served...
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey were the challengers in a major lawsuit, Reitman v. Mulkey, that reestablished housing...
