Occupation-University Professor
Lisa D. Cook (1964- )
Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook is an economist and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. She is the...
Evan Dale Abel (1963 -)
Evan Dale Abel, a pioneering endocrinologist, and advocate for more Black men being accepted into medical school, was born in...
Lani Guinier (1950-2022)
Lani Guinier was a legal scholar, civil rights lawyer, author, and the first woman of color to obtain a position...
Dr. Percy A. Pierre
Dr. Percy Anthony Pierre is an accomplished pioneer in electrical engineering and trailblazer known for his academic and professional accomplishments...
Emery Neal Brown (1956- )
Emery Neal Brown is one of a small number of African American scientists who came to prominence near the start...
Bill Jones (1933-2012)
Activist, existential philosopher, professor, and Unitarian Universalist minister Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Ronald Jones dedicated his career to the analysis...
Jay T. Harris, (1948- )
Jay T. Harris is best known as the late 20th century black newspaper executive who led a major daily newspaper,...
Georgina Falú (1939- )
Georgina Falú Pesante, university executive, community organizer, professor, and Pan-Africanist, was born on April 23, 1939 in Santurce, Puerto Rico...
Lansiné Kaba (1941- )
Educator and politician Lansiné Kaba was born in 1941 in the city of Kankan, Guinea when Guinea was still under...
