Arizona Fleming (1884-1976)

Arizona Fleming (1884-1976)

Arizona Fleming was a small business owner who became part of the Civil Rights Movement in Fort Bend County, Texas. Fleming was born in Richmond, Texas on March 23, 1884, to Laura and Beauregard Fleming. Not much is known about her life. After attending segregated...
Richelieu Dennis (1969-  )

Richelieu Dennis (1969- )

A successful entrepreneur, Richelieu Dennis, was born February 25, 1969 in Liberia the son of Mary Dennis. Dennis grew up in Liberia during the civil wars, a time of violence and disruption. However, he was able to attend elementary and high school in Liberia and...
Charles David King (1969-  )

Charles David King (1969- )

Charles King is a producer, visionary, trailblazer, angel investor, founder and Chief Executive Officer of MACRO, a Hollywood development and production studio founded in 2015. Born in Harlem, New York in 1969 to Dr. Winton King, a Bermudian and pediatrics resident at...
Sylvia Yvonne Cyrus (1955-  )

Sylvia Yvonne Cyrus (1955- )

Sylvia Yvonne Cyrus, Executive Director of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), was born ‪on December 16, 1955, in Plainfield, New Jersey, to John Marvin Cyrus, Sr. from Marion, Virginia, an orphan who achieved an eighth-grade...
Joanne Marie Anderson (1971-  )

Joanne Marie Anderson (1971- )

Joanne Marie Anderson is the first woman of color to win election as mayor of a major city the United Kingdom and the first Black and first female woman mayor of Liverpool, England. Born in January 1971 in Liverpool, she acknowledges she is biracial and has repeatedly...