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Akwaeke Emezi (1987- )
Akwaeke Emezi is part of a small but growing number of transgender Nigerian writers whose unique perspective and the rapidly...
Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1936- )
Johnnetta Betsch Cole was born on October 19, 1936, in Jacksonville, Florida to college graduates Mary Frances Cole, a vice-president...
Lucia Kay (Holman) McBath (1960- )
Congresswoman Lucia “Lucy” McBath, is a wife, mother, author, and activist for social justice. Lucia Kay Holman was born in...
Lee D. Baker (1966- )
Leading African American anthropologist Lee D. Baker was adopted in 1969 by white parents who lived in Yakima, Washington. They...
Stacey Yvonne Abrams (1973- )
Stacey Abrams is a lawyer, politician, author, the first African American female major-party gubernatorial nominee, and the first African American...
Algernon Brashear Jackson (1878-1942)
Algernon Brashear Jackson was a columnist, author, physician, surgeon and one of the six foundering members of Sigma Pi Phi,...
Denene Millner (1968- )
American author and journalist Denene Millner was born on October 21, 1968. She grew up in Bay Shore, New York,...
Michelle D. Bernard (1963- )
Michelle Denise Bernard is the President and CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy. Born on July 30,...
Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952- )
Linton Kwesi Johnson, political activist, poet and reggae artist, was born in Chapelton, Jamaica in 1952. After his parents’ divorce, Johnson was raised by his grandmother. Johnson...
