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Joyce Ladner (1943- )
Dr. Joyce A. Ladner, activist, sociologist, educator, mentor, and author, worked fervently for equality and justice. Ladner was born Joyce...
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...
Shelia Y. Oliver (1952- )
Sheila Y. Oliver is a politician and the lieutenant governor of New Jersey. Oliver was born in Newark, New Jersey...
Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell (1919-2019)
Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell was an accomplished American Sociologist as well as a pioneering scholar of Africa, African America, international relations,...
MalÃn Falú (1946- )
Melba “Malín” Falú Pesante, model, producer, radio and television personality, was born June 28, 1946, in la Parada 22, Santurce,...
Lionel Hodge Newsom (1919-1991)
Educator and HCBU President Lionel Hodge Newsom was born on November 11, 1919 in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Lawson and...
Louis E. Sturns (1949- )
Louis Sturns was the first African American to serve on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court. Sturns...
Mike Tomlin (1972- )
National Football League (NFL) head coach Mike Tomlin was born on March 15, 1972 in Hampton, Virginia to Julia and Ed Tomlin. Mike Tomlin’s...
Stuart Hall (1932-2014)
Stuart Hall was a leading 20th Century cultural theorist and a sociologist. Hall, widely known as a founder of British...
