Occupation – Social Worker
Richard Robert Wright Jr. (1878-1967)
American sociologist, social worker, and minister Richard Robert Wright Jr. was born on April 16, 1878, in Cuthbert, Georgia to...
Sandra Hollins (1970- )
Sandra Hollins is the first African American woman to serve in the Utah State Legislature. She was born in New...
Bettye Davis (1938-2018)
Bettye Jean Davis (née Ivory), a social worker and politician, became the first African American woman elected to the Alaska...
Veronica D. Abney (1951- )
Veronica D. Abney is a training and supervising psychoanalyst with the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis (1991). She specializes in trauma...
Irene McCoy Gaines (1892-1964)
Irene McCoy Gaines was a civil rights activist and a community leader. Born October 25, 1892, in Ocala, Florida, to...
Willa B. Brown (1906-1992)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Willa B. Brown Minidoc Willa Beatrice Brown, one of a small group of pre-World War II black women...
Forrester B. Washington (1887-1963)
Forrester Blanchard Washington was an African American pioneer in social work first with the Detroit Urban League and later with...
Lester Blackwell Granger (1896-1976)
Lester Blackwell Granger was a social worker and civil rights and labor rights activist best known for leading the National...
Cora Mae Brown (1914-1972)
Cora Mae Brown was part of a generation of African American women who translated their community work into political struggle...
