Occupation-Journalist
Francine Gálvez (1966- )
Francine Gálvez, a multi-talented actress, journalist, and newscaster, holds the distinction of being the first Black woman to anchor a...
Nathan Hare (1933-2024)
Nathan Hare, the founder of The Black Scholar: A Journal of Black Studies and Research and called by many scholars...
Alexander Louis Jackson, II (1891-1973)
Alexander Louis Jackson II, historian, journalist, athlete, and one of five founders of the Association for the Study of African...
Randy Daniels (1950- )
Randy Allen Daniels is a politician, and journalist, who served as the 61st Secretary of State for New York. Daniels...
Irving Garland Penn (1867-1930)
Irving Garland Penn was a journalist, educator, and key figure at Methodist Episcopal Church. Penn was born on October 7,...
Byron Eugene Lewis Sr. (1931- )
In 1969, Byron Eugene Lewis opened UniWorld Group (UWG), the oldest multicultural advertising and communications firm in the United States....
Janet Mock (1983- )
Janet Mock is an African American, Hawaiian, and Transgendered person. She was born on March 10, 1983, in Honolulu, Hawaii....
Simeon S. Booker (1918-2017)
Simeon Saunders Booker Jr.’s innovative career in journalism transformed how African American readers engaged with news coverage of politics and...
Les Payne (1941-2018)
Leslie “Les” Payne, raised in the Jim Crow South, was dedicated to utilizing the realm of journalism to improve living...
